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  • Short Summary

    A suburban house has a huge hole in its front garden.

  • Description

    Item title reads: "Oxhey mystery Chasm. 36 hours work, tree trunks, 1500 tons of earth needed to fill up alarming subsidence."

    Oxhey, Hertfordshire

    M/S of the exterior of a suburban house with a huge hole in front of it. People stand around with umbrellas, some men have shovels. There is a shot of the street with a man standing waiting, with his shovel and a boy with a back a little way off.

    Note: Item title missing from transferred material . See *PM0686* 686.21 for alternative version.

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  • Data

    Film ID:
    686.22
    Media URN:
    33132
    Group:
    Pathe newsreels
    Archive:
    British Pathé
    Issue Date:
    20/06/1927
    Sound:
    Silent
    HD Format:
    Available on request
    Stock:
    Black & White
    Duration:
    00:02:08:00
    Time in/Out:
    01:35:23:00 / 01:37:31:00
    Canister:
    G 1408

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  1. Unknown user says

    The subsidence seen here took place in Kingsfield Road, Oxhey.

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