Traffic Gets New Code 1959

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Title reads: "Traffic gets new code".

London.

M/S of Transport Minister Ernest Marples handing copies of new highway code to two women motorcycle despatch riders of the RAC (Royal Automobile Club) outside the Ministry Headquarters in Berkely Square. Various shots of Marples handing...

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Cataloguer:
Amelia
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
52887
Sort Number:
59/097
Time in/Out:
01:48:22:00 / 01:49:28:00
Canister:
59/97
Film ID:
1701.38
Issue Date:
03/12/1959

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