New Homes For Quake Victims 1953

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Kilburn, London.

LV Dexion house under construction. SV window being put in. SV section of roof being lifted. SV roof section being placed into position. GV pan, earthquake devastation in Greece (Lib.). SV & SCU homeless people receiving attention. (Lib.) LV & CU slotted angle being cut. SCU...

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Cataloguer:
Sanja
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
28887
Sort Number:
53/079
Time in/Out:
01:01:34:00 / 01:02:49:00
Canister:
53/79
Film ID:
122.02
Issue Date:
15/10/1953

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