Somewhere In The South 1939

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Full titles read: "SOMEWHERE IN THE SOUTH"

Various shots of civilian engineers at work building a Bailey Bridge in the South of England.

Original negative exists.

Cataloguer's note: An old record says that the item was filmed in Slough, Buckinghamshire (Slough is actually...

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Cataloguer:
Howard
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
20371
Sort Number:
39/077
Time in/Out:
01:33:13:00 / 01:33:37:00
Canister:
39/77
Film ID:
1023.36
Issue Date:
02/10/1939

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