Still They Come 1929

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Item title reads - Still they come! Much havoc, but fortunately no lives lost, on yet another underground gas explosion. London.

L/S of a section of road cordoned off in front of some shops, police stand around it. Various shots of the damage, men dig in the ditches at the side of the road....

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
35555
Sort Number:
G 1574
Time in/Out:
01:55:01:00 / 01:57:13:00
Canister:
G 1574
Film ID:
774.35
Issue Date:
21/01/1929

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British Pathe captured many extraordinary events on film over its 80 year history but sometimes the cameras were switched on when tragedy struck.
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