12,00 Horsepower 1947

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Description

Title reads: "12,000 Horsepower".

National Gas Turbine Establishment, Pyestock, Hampshire.

Various shots of men working on jet outlet in bench test room. M/S of men adjusting machinery. M/S of man adjusting fuel taps. M/S of man tightening brace. Various shots of men reading dials...

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Data

Cataloguer:
Amelia
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
33876
Sort Number:
NP 126
Time in/Out:
01:14:15:00 / 01:16:16:00
Canister:
NP 126
Film ID:
1229.09
Issue Date:
10/02/1947

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