Air Pollution 1968

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London.

L/S over London on a grim, grey day; pan right to show apparatus in the Medical Research Council's air pollution research unit at St Bartholomew's Hospital. Various tests and experiments are seen, conducted by scientists in white coats to test levels of pollution and the harmful effects.

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Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Colour
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
4336
Sort Number:
CP 694
Time in/Out:
01:55:54:00 / 01:58:38:00
Canister:
CP 694
Film ID:
427.10
Issue Date:
11/04/1968

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