Premature Baby Unit 1950

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Premature baby unit.

London.

Various shots as an ambulance, ringing its bell, speeds through the streets of London. C/U driver. M/S as it approaches a block of flats and pulls up. The driver jumps out and opens the back door to let two nurses out. They walk out carrying an incubator...

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Data

Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
45202
Sort Number:
NP 328
Time in/Out:
01:34:24:00 / 01:37:59:00
Canister:
NP 328
Film ID:
1381.21
Issue Date:
25/12/1950

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  • "Various shots as an ambulance, ringing its bell" - the vehicle is a Daimler DC27.

    jamied 27th Dec 2012

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