B.M.C. "Quality" - Reel 2 1950-1959

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Reel 2

01:18:10 Propellor in windtunnel with smoke blowing through it. Man in overcoat moves the car in the wind tunnel. Man with smoke machine lets smoke blow over the bonnet of the car. He and his colleague watch how the smoke blows over the car body to test for wind resistance. C/U Propellor....

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Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Colour
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
70392
Sort Number:
DOCS
Time in/Out:
01:18:10:00 / 01:22:26:00
Canister:
DOCS
Film ID:
1225.02
Issue Date:
1950 - 1959

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