Arctic Clothing 1951

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Arctic clothing for airmen at Farnborough, Hampshire.

M/S Airman donning arctic clothing and buttoning it. C/U Puts on face mask, pulls fur hat over head. L/S Another man adjusts clothing "guinea-pig" backs into icebox. M/S Inside icebox, as "guinea-pig" goes in, shuts door and puts on lock....

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Cataloguer:
Howard
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
45145
Sort Number:
NP 337
Time in/Out:
01:45:15:00 / 01:46:16:00
Canister:
NP 337
Film ID:
1379.28
Issue Date:
26/02/1951

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