Unemployed Distress 1920

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Shoreditch, London.

Intertitle: "UNEMPLOYED DISTRESS IN EAST END. Labour Council distribute food to 1200 hungry men and women".

Gruesome M/S of pile of dead rabbits on a trestle table. C/U of a pile of bread, a crowd people stand behind the table, we see the faces of hungry children...

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Cataloguer:
Amelia
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
21966
Sort Number:
G 0715
Time in/Out:
01:37:46:00 / 01:39:31:00
Canister:
G 715
Film ID:
220.39
Issue Date:
28/10/1920

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0:010:020:030:04

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