Model Tankers 1954

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West Harrow, greater London.

Various shots of the children and some adults gathered around the bathing pool at West Harrow recreation ground to see the model tankers made by the members of the Harrow and Wembley Society of Model Engineers. Various shots of the tankers and the men launching...

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Cataloguer:
Sanja
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
70769
Sort Number:
NP 512
Time in/Out:
01:05:35:00 / 01:06:40:00
Canister:
NP 512
Film ID:
1623.03
Issue Date:
05/07/1954

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