More Snow In Northumberland 1939

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Full titles read: "NORTHUMBERLAND"

L/S's of school boys throwing snowballs at each other. L/S of a snow covered Jesmond (?) Park in Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

Data

Cataloguer:
Howard
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
18435
Sort Number:
39/002
Time in/Out:
01:52:39:00 / 01:52:56:00
Canister:
39/2
Film ID:
991.59
Issue Date:
05/01/1939

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