Making Bowls 1939

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Plymouth, Devon.

General view, pan across the harbour at Plymouth showing the statue of Francis Drake that overlooks the harbour. Various shots showing the manufacture of the wooden bowls used in bowling, from their initial shaping from a square of wood to the final polishing of the finished...

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Cataloguer:
Sanja
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
42663
Sort Number:
NSP 173
Time in/Out:
01:49:38:00 / 01:51:00:00
Canister:
NSP 173
Film ID:
1274.33
Issue Date:
20/07/1939

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