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A Pipe Story From Cape Town / Capetown 1931
Description
Filmed in Cape Town, South Africa.
Various shots of a very large pipe being "launched." The pipe is being moved from the shore into the sea. We see various shots of the pipe being moved along into the sea by a system of trolleys and pulleys. Man in an old fashioned diving suit emerges from...
Data
- Cataloguer:
- Jenny
- Stock:
- Black & White
- Sound:
- Mute
- Media URN:
- 15391
- Sort Number:
- EP 176
- Time in/Out:
- 01:42:09:00 / 01:44:13:00
- Canister:
- EP 176
- Film ID:
- 912.18
- Issue Date:
- 06/07/1931
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