Model Traffic Area No. 1 1938

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Titles read: "MODEL TRAFFIC AREA NO. 1".

Tottenham, London.

At the Lordship Recreation Ground (Lordship Lane Park) we see the opening of a new children's playground and 'model traffic area' - an area marked out with roads, traffic lights and junctions so that children can learn about...

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Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
40510
Sort Number:
PT 440
Time in/Out:
02:00:09:00 / 02:02:09:00
Canister:
PT 440
Film ID:
1174.29
Issue Date:
29/08/1938

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