Was It Your Idea Of A Holiday? - How They… 1947

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Full title reads: "Was It Your Idea of a Holiday? How They Spent Whitsun".

Grindleford, Derbyshire. A party of hikers with rucksacks on their backs toiling up a hill in the peak district.

Hathersegh, Derbyshire. CU Two cyclists on racing models, speeding along.

Southend, Essex....

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Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
40790
Sort Number:
47/043
Time in/Out:
01:29:18:00 / 01:30:45:00
Canister:
47/43
Film ID:
1185.19
Issue Date:
29/05/1947

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