Kerbside Car Cleaners 1949

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Kerbside car cleaners.

Buckingham Palace Gardens, London.

L/S of a man getting out of his car and entering a telephone box. C/U as he dials the number for the "Kerbside Kar Kleeners" run by Colonel Lawson, M/S looking in from outside. M/S of the garage man at a window where he receives...

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
34249
Sort Number:
NP 243
Time in/Out:
01:40:52:00 / 01:42:26:00
Canister:
NP 243
Film ID:
1265.29
Issue Date:
09/05/1949

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