Holidays At Home 1942

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Unissued / unused footage - dates and locations may be unclear or unknown.

'Holidays At Home' in wartime London - probably dates from 1942 (see newsreel 42/51 - Holidays At Home This Year).

Good shots of people queuing at ice-cream vendor's outside a London park. Two young men slap...

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Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
67693
Sort Number:
UN 2476 D
Time in/Out:
01:36:15:00 / 01:42:22:00
Canister:
UN 2476 D
Film ID:
2498.10
Issue Date:

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