Too Many Cars ! 1956

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Coventry and Birmingham.

LV. Looking down cars parked at an old airfield. LV. & SV. Standard car works gates, workers coming out. BV. Workers leaving factory. LV. Pan, thousands of cars (new) parked in field. LV. Cars showing two men busy cleaning chromium. CV. Man working on headlights and...

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Cataloguer:
Sanja
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
sound
Media URN:
31727
Sort Number:
56/022
Time in/Out:
01:00:26:00 / 01:01:35:00
Canister:
56/22
Film ID:
575.01
Issue Date:
15/03/1956

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  • The Jaguar referred to is a Jaguar Mark VII.

    jamied 3rd May 2012
  • Thanks.

    British Pathé 23rd May 2012

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