Speeding Up 1933

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Full title reads: "London. Speeding up. 'The P.M.G.' Sir H Kingsley-Wood - inspects first Corps of Motor Cyclist Telegraph Boys."

London.

Sir Kingsley Wood, Post Master General, inspects line up of young men on motorcycles.

Pan along Telegraph / telegram delivery boys as...

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Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
6057
Sort Number:
33/022
Time in/Out:
01:52:09:00 / 01:53:31:00
Canister:
33/22
Film ID:
699.42
Issue Date:
12/03/1933

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