Fire-Fighting Tests 1935

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Item title reads - Fire fighting tests. Station opened by the Duke of Kent.

Elstree, Hertfordshire.

M/S as Prince George, Duke of Kent, gets out of the car and shakes hands with officials at the new fire station. L/S of him inside the station, he shakes more hands and makes a speech....

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
12565
Sort Number:
35/095
Time in/Out:
01:19:13:00 / 01:20:17:00
Canister:
35/95
Film ID:
845.10
Issue Date:
28/11/1935

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