Prison Bird Sanctuary 1967

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Portland, Dorset.

Various shots show a young girl walking along a cliff side path to the Verne Prison; she hands a box containing a sea bird covered with oil to the warder at the door; he hands it to a prisoner through another door. The prisoners seen in this story wear black eye masks as "For...

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Data

Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Colour
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
4254
Sort Number:
CP 652
Time in/Out:
01:55:27:00 / 01:58:22:00
Canister:
CP 652
Film ID:
411.10
Issue Date:
22/06/1967

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