Handlers 1929

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No title. Men at work in a timber yard.

"Today our Docks are using slick machines which transport, handle and sort timber as fast as the ships can land it - " High angle shot of machinery which moves planks of wood around the yard. "Every piece distributed to its proper place in these Surrey...

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Cataloguer:
Jenny
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
15183
Sort Number:
EP 140
Time in/Out:
01:56:51:00 / 01:59:24:00
Canister:
EP 140
Film ID:
892.24
Issue Date:
07/09/1929

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