Smoking Club Issue Title - Lights Please… 1940

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M/S of man sitting next to large bowl of tobacco and putting rum into it whilst he puffs away on a long clay pipe. L/S's of men and women picking up their own pipes off a rack in a pub in Pangbourne, Berkshire. The commentator explains that the inn is used as a smoking club and every member has their...

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Cataloguer:
Howard
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
43059
Sort Number:
NSP 246
Time in/Out:
01:18:53:00 / 01:20:01:00
Canister:
NSP 246
Film ID:
1298.11
Issue Date:
19/12/1940

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