Selby 1936

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Description

Full title reads: "Selby".

Selby, Yorkshire.

Men off load baskets of racing pigeons from a railway carriage. They stack some of the hundreds of baskets by the side of the tracks.

CU of pigeons in basket.

Water is provided for the birds to drink.

A man looks...

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Data

Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
61318
Sort Number:
36/065 / UNI GAZ 011
Time in/Out:
01:27:59:00 / 01:29:09:00
Canister:
36/65 / UNI GAZ ROLL 11
Film ID:
1907.25
Issue Date:
13/08/1936

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