Turf Drier 1954

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This is a duplicate of item 1377.22 - check for best quality.

Turf driver at the Oval in Kennington, London.

L/S Camera pans from gas holder to man examining turf which is covered in water. C/U Man splashing water with his foot. M/S Man who now beckons. L/S Men wheeling on turf dryers....

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Cataloguer:
Howard
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
93202
Sort Number:
NP 533
Time in/Out:
01:16:29:00 / 01:18:14:00
Canister:
NP 533
Film ID:
3453.10
Issue Date:
29/11/1954

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