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Rat Extermination 1920
Description
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...
Data
- 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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