Flats Afloat For Workers 1965

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Item title reads - Flats afloat for workers.

Europe's first floating block of flats, a Botel, is built for Italian workers in Ijmuiden, Holland.

L/S pan shipyard where the 'Botel' was built. L/S and M/S of the Botel as it is towed away from dock. L/S of tug. M/S as it moves out into...

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
55569
Sort Number:
65/068
Time in/Out:
01:56:15:00 / 01:57:42:00
Canister:
65/68
Film ID:
1814.29
Issue Date:
22/08/1965

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