New Homes For The Blitzed 1941

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Item title reads - New homes for the "Blitzed".

Croydon, London.

L/S of blitzed buildings in Croydon. Corporation Official Wilson Edwards stands outside a house which will rehouse bombed victims. He speaks about how the corporation have furnished the places so the bombed out people...

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
39576
Sort Number:
41/096
Time in/Out:
01:48:00:00 / 01:49:20:00
Canister:
41/96
Film ID:
1137.35
Issue Date:
01/12/1941

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