Railway Curiosities 1935

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Title reads: "Railway Curiosities".

At Port Madoc in North Wales we see men riding down a hill on their way home from a quarry on little metal bars with three wheels. They sit on the bars that run over the inner quarry truck tracks and ride to the foot of the hill. The men stop at the bottom...

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Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
37252
Sort Number:
PT 280
Time in/Out:
01:41:38:00 / 01:43:07:00
Canister:
PT 280
Film ID:
1056.21
Issue Date:
05/08/1935

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