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Mile Of Books 1942
Description
Mile of books.
Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland.
C/U of sign reading 'Mile of books, bring your books here'. The mayor starts the line off by placing a book on the street, others add their books to make a long line for salvage. They make a line of 2 miles in two hours, scouts collect...
Data
- Cataloguer:
- Emma
- Stock:
- Black & White
- Sound:
- Sound
- Media URN:
- 49729
- Sort Number:
- NSP 330
- Time in/Out:
- 01:02:31:00 / 01:03:13:00
- Canister:
- NSP 330
- Film ID:
- 1550.02
- Issue Date:
- 27/07/1942
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- Tees Keep 1942 llarb r5 1943 LlARB ORDER 8
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