Hometown - Coventry 1959

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Coventry, Midlands.

Top shot looking down on ruins of the bombed Cathedral. Side shot showing spire and damaged walls. WS and top shot of the rebuilt town centre. Hotel Leofric. Street level scenes of the new Coventry and wide Square. Statue of Lady Godiver on a horse. Modern clock with doors...

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Cataloguer:
Mike
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
74567
Sort Number:
DOCS
Time in/Out:
01:52:06:00 / 01:54:22:00
Canister:
DOCS
Film ID:
2279.11
Issue Date:
1959

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