Southend Issue Title Pathe Pictorial Goes… 1947

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London and Southend-on-Sea, Essex.

Various shots of crowds of people boarding the Royal Eagle paddle steamer and sailing off under (open) Tower Bridge. Shots from the steamer as it travels down the River Thames, past docks. Shots on board of people drinking beer, playing...

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Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
43950
Sort Number:
NP 158
Time in/Out:
01:20:54:00 / 01:22:29:00
Canister:
NP 158
Film ID:
1331.11
Issue Date:
22/09/1947

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