The Gas Peril Liverpool 1923

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Item title reads - The gas peril. Three houses wrecked and several killed and injured in another mysterious explosion. Liverpool, Merseyside.

M/S of the wreckage of the houses which are completely destroyed, people dig at the rubble and policemen take notes. C/U of the wreckage with people...

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
23568
Sort Number:
G 0956
Time in/Out:
01:16:19:00 / 01:17:00:00
Canister:
G 956
Film ID:
298.13
Issue Date:
18/02/1923

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