A Pipe Story From Cape Town / Capetown 1931

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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...

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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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