Workers On Skates 1965

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Slough, Berkshire (was Buckinghamshire).

C/Us of several people putting on roller skates. A couple of them skate through a warehouse - they fall over. More shots of workers roller skating around the warehouse picking up garments wrapped in plastic. The skating idea came from the manager director...

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Data

Cataloguer:
Jenny
Stock:
Colour
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
3695
Sort Number:
CP 537
Time in/Out:
02:01:00:00 / 02:02:11:00
Canister:
CP 537
Film ID:
313.15
Issue Date:
08/04/1965

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