Minster Abbey Issue Title Is Abbey Days 1937

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Minster Abbey. Part of ABBEY DAYS issue.

Title reads: "Abbey Days".

Kent.

Various shots of Minster. Formerly a monastery, much of the church and manor house are in ruins. Various shots of Benedictine nuns wandering around courtyard. Abbey is now a convent.

Data

Cataloguer:
Amelia
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
42212
Sort Number:
NSP 091
Time in/Out:
01:20:27:00 / 01:21:24:00
Canister:
NSP 91
Film ID:
1248.14
Issue Date:
23/12/1937

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