Mile Of Books (1942)

Mile of books. Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland. C/U of sign reading ’Mile of books, bring your books here’. The mayor starts the line off by placing a book on the street, others add their books to make a long line for salvage. They make a line of 2 miles in two hours, scouts collect the books and carry them off. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website.