The Great Clean Up - A "Buoyant" Story Of… 1931

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"Jack doesn't always go to sea for a girl - sometimes it's through a buoy..." L/S of a massive buoy being lifted off the quayside into docks. It is a "Whistling Buoy". The buoy is lowered onto a barge. The top or "wrapper" of the buoy is lowered onto the barge after it. Panning shot of buoys being painted....

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Cataloguer:
Jenny
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
15380
Sort Number:
EP 173
Time in/Out:
01:16:00:00 / 01:20:01:00
Canister:
EP 173
Film ID:
912.07
Issue Date:
25/05/1931

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