London's Floating Buses 1940

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Full title reads: "London's Floating Buses".

London.

VS of pleasure steamer, its decks crowded with people pulling in pier opposite the County Hall, Westminster where more people go aboard and some disembark, the ship is one of those being used for emergency public transport between...

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Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
21126
Sort Number:
40/076
Time in/Out:
01:01:18:00 / 01:01:55:00
Canister:
40/76
Film ID:
1057.02
Issue Date:
19/09/1940

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