Australian Government Aids Uranium Seekers… 1952

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Australia.

Title reads 'Gov't. Aids Uranium Seekers'.

LS. Typist in office. CU. Illustrated booklet on uranium, several shots. Various shots of the people inspecting various uranium baring mineral stones and measuring their radioactivity with Geiger counter. Sequence showing complex...

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Cataloguer:
Sanja
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
70116
Sort Number:
UN 2461 D
Time in/Out:
01:06:18:00 / 01:07:36:00
Canister:
UN 2461 D
Film ID:
2608.03
Issue Date:
1952

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