New Road, New Tunnel 1963

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Item title reads - New road, new tunnel.

Opening of new 33 mile stretch of M6 motorway in Cheshire and Staffordshire. L/S part of M6 with no cars on it. C/U sign 'M6', pan along white lines on road. M/S man driving machine which paints white lines along the motorway. C/U sign 'Birmingham 56'....

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
54940
Sort Number:
63/093
Time in/Out:
01:00:15:00 / 01:01:56:00
Canister:
63/93
Film ID:
1780.01
Issue Date:
18/11/1963

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