American Scientists - U.S.A. 1938

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Item title reads - United States.

New York, America (USA).

Scientists bury everyday articles in steel cylinder.

The camera pans across everyday items such as a telephone, clock, cutlery and cricket ball. M/S of a man lowering them into a glass tube. C/U of a can of Pathe...

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
18131
Sort Number:
38/081
Time in/Out:
01:55:35:00 / 01:56:21:00
Canister:
38/81
Film ID:
983.36
Issue Date:
10/10/1938

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