Uploaded June 2020 | Updated September 2026, 4 days ago

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Follow a narrowboat as it travels on the canals of the Norfolk Broads in the UK.

Standard 8 mm color film made by Meredeth A. Scott (later donated by Scott Chase) shows travels on the canals of the Norfolk Broads, England (Grand Union / Oxford Canals?). Canal boats (known colloquially as "narrowboats") are seen in action, operated by Samuel Barlow Coal Co., Ltd. and British Waterways. Some of the boats identified include but are not limited to the following: GUISELEY, NORTON, URANUS, FRIENDSHIP, SLINFOLD, STREATHAM, EMERALD, WATER MISS, and ALPERTON.

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