Hiking Signs 1940

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Hiking signs.

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Item shows the 'secret signs' that hikers, "like tramps", leave to inform others. Pair of hikers are seen making & encountering different signs, all made out of bent twigs.

Various shots of a young couple hiking down a country lane and through...

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
43005
Sort Number:
NSP 235
Time in/Out:
01:38:30:00 / 01:39:17:00
Canister:
NSP 235
Film ID:
1294.19
Issue Date:
03/10/1940

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