Road Makers 1936

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Description

Item title reads - Road makers in Abyssinia. (Ethiopia).

M/S as a truck drives along creating clouds of dust. M/S as a large grab picks up earth, a crane swings it across. Various shots of native Abyssinian workers laying a railway line, M/S of concrete foundations. M/S as a camel pulls a truck...

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Data

Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
12954
Sort Number:
36/036
Time in/Out:
01:28:24:00 / 01:29:47:00
Canister:
36/36
Film ID:
881.21
Issue Date:
04/05/1936

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