Stepney's Sunday Bomb 1947-1949

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Full title reads: "Stepney's Sunday Bomb".

Stepney, London.

MV Unexploded bomb suspended on tackle. Sapper in hole. SV Sapper in hole. MV Soldier listening with mine detection. CU Soldiers wearing earphones. LV Sappers on trailer playing out pipelines from compressor.

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Data

Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
45670
Sort Number:
49/008
Time in/Out:
01:51:18:00 / 01:52:45:00
Canister:
49/8
Film ID:
1403.30
Issue Date:
27/01/1947

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