Model Village Beware - Other Colour Pics… 1964

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Babbacombe, Devon.

Tom Dobbins has built a large model village. Shots of the railway system, various buildings and houses. A young man paints some model huntsmen on horseback, others paint buildings. 2,000 people a day visit the model village - the vast majority of them are adults observes...

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Cataloguer:
Jenny
Stock:
Colour
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
3591
Sort Number:
CP 506
Time in/Out:
01:14:43:00 / 01:16:19:00
Canister:
CP 506
Film ID:
293.03
Issue Date:
06/09/1964

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