Road Signs Issue Title - Gym And It 1937

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Road Signs with comical double meanings. Part of issue - GYM AND IT.

Filmed in variety of rural locations.

Various shots of sign post pointing towards 'Canada'. Narrator explains it is not the country but a village in Wiltshire. Various shots of sign to Sixpenny Handley, spelt on...

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Cataloguer:
Amelia
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
42082
Sort Number:
NSP 078
Time in/Out:
01:17:50:00 / 01:18:57:00
Canister:
NSP 78
Film ID:
1244.11
Issue Date:
23/09/1937

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Cinemagazines
Categories
Sport & Leisure Religion & Politics
WorkSpaces
British countryside

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