Giant Engine In France For Tests 1934

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Full title reads: "NEWS IN A NUTSHELL"

Paperwork states that this item belongs to the NEWS IN A NUTSHELL collection which is broken apart. This is probably the first item in the collection, hence the title.

GIANT ENGINE IN FRANCE FOR TESTS

France.

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Cataloguer:
Sanja
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
10285
Sort Number:
34/100
Time in/Out:
01:53:03:00 / 01:53:45:00
Canister:
34/100
Film ID:
805.48
Issue Date:
13/12/1934

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  • The engine shown is the LNER Class P2 locomotive No. 2001, "Cock o' the North".

    jamied 3rd May 2012

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