Ramsgate Deep Shelter - 1940 1940

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Ramsgate, Kent.

Several shots of the entrance to Ramsgate deep shelter which was once train tunnel. Various shots of the people on the streets heading towards shelter and entering it. Various shots inside shelter - long underground corridors with people in them. Good shots of the people making...

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Cataloguer:
Sanja
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
60231
Sort Number:
UN 0238 E
Time in/Out:
01:53:27:00 / 01:54:50:00
Canister:
UN 238 E
Film ID:
1627.15
Issue Date:

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