Railway Researchers 1967

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Maidstone, Kent.

C/Us of an elderly man, Philip Wallace, putting coal into a miniature steam engine. Three teenage boys sit behind the man, astride the seats attached to the engine and it starts off. Several shots show the miniature steam train travelling a little raised track in a park. Commentator...

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Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Colour
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
4302
Sort Number:
CP 667
Time in/Out:
01:29:08:00 / 01:30:12:00
Canister:
CP 667
Film ID:
423.05
Issue Date:
05/10/1967

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