Gardens AKA Bomb Crater, Blitzed Gardens… 1942

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Bomb crater, blitzed gardens.

London.

M/S of Westminster cathedral, the camera pans across to a bomb crater near it which has been turned into a garden. M/S of Mr Hayes who has grown and tended the flowers and vegetables. Various shots of him in the garden.

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
49752
Sort Number:
NSP 335
Time in/Out:
01:47:53:00 / 01:49:33:00
Canister:
NSP 335
Film ID:
1550.25
Issue Date:
31/08/1942

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