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No-Passport Trip to Boulogne

First broadcast: 9 August 1957

A behind-the-scenes news report that follows a group of passengers as they travel to France on a 'no passport needed' bank holiday day trip. The reporter accompanies the travellers onto the ferry and chats to them about what they hope to do in France (eat frogs' legs and buy perfume).

He also finds an English taxi driver working in Boulogne who gives his opinions on British visitors.

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8 minutes

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Tonight09/08/1957

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