Lancashire - Cotton Crisis 1955

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Preston, Lancashire & London.

GV. Preston cotton mills with man reading paper on foreground, & SV. CU. Paragraph in paper read "Modern Mills Lay Off" GV. Interior, Cotton Mill - empty, & SV. Idle machinery, & SCU. & CU. SCU. Manager locking gates as he leaves, & SV. Manager walks away. SV....

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Cataloguer:
Sanja
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
30638
Sort Number:
55/029
Time in/Out:
01:39:57:00 / 01:42:08:00
Canister:
55/29
Film ID:
517.14
Issue Date:
11/04/1955

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