Needle In A Haystack 1952

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St. Paul's Cathedral, London.

People search for a needle in a haystack in order to win a sewing machine - part of National Sewing Week.

SV. Haystack standing in St. Pauls churchyard. LV. People waiting around haystack. SV. Haystack. People rush in and begin to pull it to pieces. MV....

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Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
27127
Sort Number:
52/020
Time in/Out:
01:54:29:00 / 01:55:33:00
Canister:
52/20
Film ID:
17.41
Issue Date:
06/03/1952

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