Fluffies 1944

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Item title reads - Fluffies.

London.

L/S as last underground train of the night pulls out of Earls Court station. Ladies pick up their tools ready to clean the tunnels. Various shots as they go along the tunnels cleaning rails and walls, the ladies are called 'Fluffies'. Various shots...

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
44892
Sort Number:
44/104
Time in/Out:
01:58:59:00 / 02:01:24:00
Canister:
44/104
Film ID:
1370.33
Issue Date:
28/12/1944

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