Map Making 1961

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Various brief shots illustrating the changing countryside; a tree being felled; workman at a table looking at plans while another holds a pneumatic drill beside a 'Road Works Ahead' sign; a man on a machine chucking up earth; a large pipe being lowered into the ground; a new (and nearly empty) motorway...

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Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Colour
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
1831
Sort Number:
CP 336
Time in/Out:
01:34:22:00 / 01:37:57:00
Canister:
CP 336
Film ID:
145.04
Issue Date:
05/06/1961

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