Travelling Vicar 1960

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M/S of a man working on the engine of a bus; he climbs onto the bonnet and we can see he is a vicar; C/U of his face and then his hands tightening a bolt in the engine. M/S of the bus as we see various other people cleaning and working on it outside a village shop; the vicar, Bill Rodda, and another...

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Data

Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Colour
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
2780
Sort Number:
CP 283
Time in/Out:
01:30:20:00 / 01:32:48:00
Canister:
CP 283
Film ID:
105.19
Issue Date:
30/05/1960

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  • The bus featured here is a Bedford OB Duple.

    jamied 29th Jun 2012

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