Unlikely Angels 1958

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Full title reads: "Manchester. Unlikely Angels".

Manchester, Lancashire. Dustmen report cases of loneliness.

GV Welfare offices in Manchester. SV Dust cart crossing street and we see houses in suburban area. LV Two dustmen walking into back yard of house. SV One of them picks up a...

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Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
49341
Sort Number:
58/044
Time in/Out:
01:45:44:00 / 01:47:05:00
Canister:
58/44
Film ID:
1523.23
Issue Date:
02/06/1958

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  • "Dust cart crossing street" - it's a Shelvoke and Drewry W-type.

    jamied 3rd Oct 2012

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