Old Manchester AKA Old Manchester Landmarks… 1940

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Manchester landmarks.

Greater Manchester.

Various shots of the Exchange Landing Stage. C/U of the plaque commemorating the first railway in the world from Manchester to Liverpool in 1830. M/S of the original station booking office. Various exterior shots of How-End Hall, large Elizabethan...

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
42824
Sort Number:
NSP 202
Time in/Out:
01:47:41:00 / 01:48:57:00
Canister:
NSP 202
Film ID:
1284.26
Issue Date:
15/02/1940

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