Rat Extermination 1920

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Item title reads: "It's Rough on the Rats. In determined effort to stamp out Rat pest - Corporation launch asphyxiating gas offensive.

Leeds, Yorkshire.

A group of men mill about as gas is released on what looks like a building site. Someone take that dog somewhere safe! The men look...

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Cataloguer:
Jenny
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
21423
Sort Number:
G 0647
Time in/Out:
01:41:49:00 / 01:42:53:00
Canister:
G 647
Film ID:
206.28
Issue Date:
04/03/1920

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