Giant Dragline AKA Giant Drag Line 1955

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Corby, Northamptonshire.

High angle (bird's view) long shot of a dragline (drag line). L/S of a base of the dragline with a man climbing up the stairs towards a metal door. The man opens the door and enters the cabin of "the world's largest mobile dragline" - narrator claims.

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Data

Cataloguer:
Sanja
Stock:
Colour
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
1187
Sort Number:
CP 050
Time in/Out:
01:41:19:00 / 01:42:57:00
Canister:
CP 050
Film ID:
37.19
Issue Date:
12/12/1955

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