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Film Number

6952

Title

[BUILDING OF THE BROADWAY PHARMACY, GARDEN & STREET SCENES]

Producer

George Miller

Date

*1928-30

Gauge

16mm

Colour

b/w

Sound

silent

Running Time

5 mins 18 secs

Description

Construction scenes showing the building of Broadway Pharmacy in Broughton from July to November 1928, including worker mixing asphalt mixing for the roof, fixing timber structure on the front of shop and the unloading of plate glass from a lorry. Continues with children playing in a back garden with toys, skipping and riding on a tricycle. General streetscenes show cars, buses and cyclists along and a car pulling into an undercover garage (to fill up with petrol ?).

 

 



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