Artist In Glass 1946

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Note: Location of events unknown.

Titles read: "ARTIST IN GLASS"

Several good shots of workers heating up glass in large furnace. M/S of craftsman rolling piece of glass tube to shape. Several shots of the craftsman Frank Hill making small glass model of a crocodile aided by a Bunsen...

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Cataloguer:
Howard
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
33941
Sort Number:
NP 100
Time in/Out:
01:12:28:00 / 01:13:57:00
Canister:
NP 100
Film ID:
1235.07
Issue Date:
12/08/1946

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