Shops Hoist Sales 1960

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Item title reads - Shops hoist sales.

Oxford Street, London.

L/S Peter Robinson's department store with crowds queuing outside for the January sales. M/S pan the crowds, practically all women. C/U a window dresser arranging a model. C/U window dresser fixing price ticket. M/S dress...

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
70901
Sort Number:
60/002
Time in/Out:
01:19:20:00 / 01:20:53:00
Canister:
60/2
Film ID:
1660.13
Issue Date:
04/01/1960

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