Customs School

Series

Series Name
Colour Pictorial

Issue

Issue No.
173
Date Released
21 Apr 1958
Date recorded
14 Mar 1958
Length of issue (in feet)
756
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Painting Without Paints
  2. 2Come to Britain Girl
  3. 3Customs School

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 3
Summary
Pathe synopsis: Behinds the scenes at the Waterguard Training Centre [of HM Customs and Excise], we see how future customs officers are instructe in all the dodges, some old, some comparatively new - but, obviously, all have been discovered by these highly trained men, who deal not only with the odd item a traveller "forgets" to declare, but with the deadly trading in narcotics.
Keywords
Education and training; Crime
Locations
Kent; Gravesend
Written sources
Pathe Colour Pictorial Lobby Cards   Used for synopsis
Credits:
Commentator
David De Keyser
Length of story (in feet)
274
Story extras:
Film clip

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