Unemployed Coal Miners 1928

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M/S of three men sitting in the open air smoking and eating - according to JDG they are unemployed coal miners. L/S of man carrying sack (of coal?) on his back across countryside - he is also carrying a shovel. Another man comes to help him. He takes the sack from him. MS of group...

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Cataloguer:
Jenny
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
16510
Sort Number:
EP 194
Time in/Out:
01:26:05:00 / 01:26:57:00
Canister:
EP 194
Film ID:
922.14
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