Subsiding Town 1954

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Description

Swadlincote, Derbyshire.

L/S of a coal mine. Camera pans from this to houses. C/U of sign reading "Mining Subsidence - Dangerous Road Surface". Camera follows car as it goes over bumpy road.

Various shots of houses that are falling apart due to subsidence. House with scaffolding around...

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Data

Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
44547
Sort Number:
NP 531
Time in/Out:
01:11:14:00 / 01:13:13:00
Canister:
NP 531
Film ID:
1353.08
Issue Date:
15/11/1954

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