Two Magnificent Roads 1927

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Item title reads: " Two Magnificent New Roads - Opened - 4 ½ mile Newcastle to Tynemouth coast road, costing £168,000 opened by Minister of Transport. Mr. Baldwin opens £500,000 ten miles "non-skid" Kingston by-pass.

Kingston, Surrey

Mr. Baldwin poses with two women, who each have...

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Cataloguer:
Margaret
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
33466
Sort Number:
G 1446
Time in/Out:
01:15:22:00 / 01:16:16:00
Canister:
G 1446
Film ID:
704.12
Issue Date:
31/10/1927

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