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Mechanical Rickshaw 1948
Description
Mechanical rickshaw.
Manchester, Greater Manchester.
M/S as a man pulls up at the kerbside in a mechanical rickshaw and picks up a man and a woman. M/S as it drives away. Various shots as it drives through the streets of Manchester. It looks like a motorcycle with a two seat compartment...
Data
- Cataloguer:
- Emma
- Stock:
- Black & White
- Sound:
- Sound
- Media URN:
- 34119
- Sort Number:
- NP 199
- Time in/Out:
- 01:09:29:00 / 01:10:06:00
- Canister:
- NP 199
- Film ID:
- 1249.08
- Issue Date:
- 05/07/1948
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