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Boston As Bad As Sahara.

British Newsreels, 1911-1930: Culture and Society on Film Available online

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Format:
Video
Contributor:
British Film Institute, owner.
Topical Film Co., production company.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Buildings.
Children.
Cities and towns.
City and town life.
Dogs.
Water-supply.
Women.
England--Boston.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (1 video file (3 minutes, 27 seconds)) : silent, black and white.
Place of Publication:
[Great Britain] : Topical Film Company, 1929.
Summary:
Water shortage. Supplied at weekly cost of £200, women with buckets gather round to receive water; shots of women and children interacting; laughing and smiling; men with drinks in hand leaning against a windowsill; distributing water; shots of the city landmarks and shops; boy wheeling a bicycle; traffic including a bus and horse-drawn cart; street scenes, women in smocks holding buckets as the horse-drawn cart of water arrives.
Notes:
Issue number: 950-2 ; Story number within issue: 1 of 5
Series: Topical Budget.
With intertitles.

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