"Noah's Ark On Wheels" 1932

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Full Title reads: "Dunstable - "Noah's Ark on Wheels" - brings animals of Bostock's famous Menageries - after 127 years 'on the road' - to 'their journey's end' & retirement, for the rest of their lives at Whipsnade."

Dunstable, Bedfordshire.

Carriages brought into railway siding....

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Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
4615
Sort Number:
32/006
Time in/Out:
01:10:00:00 / 01:12:00:00
Canister:
32/6
Film ID:
641.08
Issue Date:
21/01/1932

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