Free Car Wash Issue Title - Pots Of Plots 1938

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Various shots of a man parking his car next to a tube of flowing water in the Lincolnshire countryside. The man climbs out and washes his car. The commentator says that the water flows naturally from the nearby hills.

Data

Cataloguer:
Howard
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
42468
Sort Number:
NSP 131
Time in/Out:
01:15:39:00 / 01:15:58:00
Canister:
NSP 131
Film ID:
1264.09
Issue Date:
29/09/1938

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