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Street Fire Starts Slum Cleansing

Series

Series Name
British Movietone Gazette

Issue

Issue No.
53
Date Released
2 Feb 1931
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Plane Deliberately Crashed at Sea
  2. 2Street Fire Starts Slum Cleansing

Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 2
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Street Fire Starts Slum Cleansing. DESCRIPTION: General Sir Ian Hamilton blazes the trail to better housing conditions in Somers Town. SHOTLIST: Sir Ian speaking to audience. Piles of wood being burnt.
Keywords
Social conditions; Military
Footage sources
Movietone
Card file number
1037
Length of story (in feet)
152
Story extras:

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