Exercise 'disaster' 1965

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Item title reads - Exercise 'disaster'.

Emergency services take part in train crash exercise, Kent.

M/S man lying on track, pan across to others laid out on the rails. M/S pile of sleepers on fire. M/S man pretending to be trapped. M/S fire engine arriving. M/S fireman talking to...

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
55709
Sort Number:
65/089
Time in/Out:
01:57:26:00 / 01:58:48:00
Canister:
65/89
Film ID:
1826.29
Issue Date:
04/11/1965

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