Great Pageant Of Transport 1931

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Full title reads: "Great pageant of transport inaugurates Ferensway, Hull's wonderful £452,000. thoroughfare, opened by Sir Granville Ryrie."

Hull, Humberside / Yorkshire.

Sir Granville Ryrie, the Australian High Commissioner of Australia in London, stands with Hull dignitaries waiting...

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Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
12772
Sort Number:
31/085
Time in/Out:
01:36:20:00 / 01:37:10:00
Canister:
31/85
Film ID:
871.21
Issue Date:
22/10/1931

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