Messenger Boys 1946

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London.

Pan up uniform of a messenger boy - mother buttoning up and checking the boy's uniform. CU. Messenger boy - head and shoulders. Boy walks down the street, turns and waves to mother - mother waving back.

Messenger boy walking along street. GV. Messengers Office. Group of messenger...

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Data

Cataloguer:
Sanja
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
45434
Sort Number:
NP 082
Time in/Out:
01:27:58:00 / 01:31:27:00
Canister:
NP 82
Film ID:
1390.14
Issue Date:
08/04/1946

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