Waterways 1936

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Item title reads - Waterways!

M/S of a trickle of water running down between sandcastles on a beach. M/S of a canal and lock. Various shots of the lock and a man operating it, a barge sails along.

A diagram by Joe Noble shows how the locks work, the sluice is opened to let water through...

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
39468
Sort Number:
PT 324
Time in/Out:
01:37:31:00 / 01:41:00:00
Canister:
PT 324
Film ID:
1134.17
Issue Date:
08/06/1936

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