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Gala Damage At Margate 1938
Description
Margate, Kent.
Brief shots of the wreckage left on the sea front at Margate after severe storms. A pier looks like it has been broken in two. Rocks and what looks like slate roof tiles cover the ground and holiday beach chalets are wrecked. A few people walk along the front past the debris...
Data
- Cataloguer:
- Sarah
- Stock:
- Black & White
- Sound:
- Sound
- Media URN:
- 16297
- Sort Number:
- 38/014
- Time in/Out:
- 01:00:51:00 / 01:01:21:00
- Canister:
- 38/14
- Film ID:
- 955.02
- Issue Date:
- 17/02/1938
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