Trains AKA Loco Cleaners Issue Title - Man… 1944

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Locomotive cleaners.

London.

Various shots of train pulling out of station, people wave. M/S as repatriated prisoners look out. Various shots of men and women cleaning engines at the weekend, including the wheels and boiler. C/U's of the girls laughing. Trains speed on after being...

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
50537
Sort Number:
NSP 423
Time in/Out:
01:10:08:00 / 01:11:09:00
Canister:
NSP 423
Film ID:
1576.06
Issue Date:
08/05/1944

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Railways at War Keep 1944

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