Floating Petrol Pump Issue Title Tame Gentlemen… 1937

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Floating petrol pump. Part of TAME GENTLEMEN PLEASE issue.

Fowey, Cornwall.

Nice C/U of little boy rowing boat. Various shots of another boat with a petrol pump moored in the harbour of pretty fishing village. Petrol pump is for yachts to fill up tanks without going onto dry land.

Data

Cataloguer:
Amelia
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
42221
Sort Number:
NSP 092
Time in/Out:
01:33:02:00 / 01:33:25:00
Canister:
NSP 92
Film ID:
1248.23
Issue Date:
30/12/1937

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Cinemagazines
Categories
Trade & Industry
WorkSpaces
Cornwall

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