One Man Gas Works Issue Title Is House Full 1938

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One man gas works. Part of HOUSE FULL issue.

Goudhurst, Kent.

Arthur Fishers single-handedly runs a small gasworks. Various shots of Arthur at work. We see him shovelling coal, pushing wheelbarrow full of coke to the retort house (where coal is carbonised for making gas) and manning...

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Cataloguer:
Amelia
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
42163
Sort Number:
NSP 095
Time in/Out:
01:06:44:00 / 01:07:27:00
Canister:
NSP 95
Film ID:
1250.06
Issue Date:
20/01/1938

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