Telescope Makers 1960

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M/S of a rather bleak looking stretch of countryside in Coulsdon, Surrey, with some spindly trees seen against a grey sky. M/Ss of a large ditch and then the entrance to some kind of underground shelter in the side of the hill. M/S of a grey car, a Standard Vanguard, driving along and pulling up at...

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Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Colour
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
2887
Sort Number:
CP 312
Time in/Out:
01:58:02:00 / 02:00:59:00
Canister:
CP 312
Film ID:
123.23
Issue Date:
19/12/1960

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