Mrs Mopps' Own Ball 1959

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Titles read: "LONDON - MRS MOPPS' OWN BALL".

London.

General view in the early morning under the arches of the Admiralty. Inside we see several shots of charladies working to clean the Government offices - using vacuum cleaners, laying fires and so on. Mrs Cracknell dusts a large statue...

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Data

Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
50377
Sort Number:
59/016
Time in/Out:
01:38:59:00 / 01:39:57:00
Canister:
59/16
Film ID:
1569.29
Issue Date:
23/02/1959

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