Model Railway 1937

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Model railway.

Broadstairs, Kent.

M/S as the camera pans across miniature railway and docks, M/S of its creator Captain Rodgers tinkering with an engine. M/S as he pushes the train and it sets off, various shots as it passes through model countryside. M/S as two trains pass each other,...

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Data

Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
41930
Sort Number:
NSP 056
Time in/Out:
01:33:17:00 / 01:33:55:00
Canister:
NSP 56
Film ID:
1236.21
Issue Date:
22/04/1937

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