British Electric Reel 2 1948

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Reel 2.

Unedited material. An office desk. Book visible with illustration of an electricity pylon and the title: "The Grid". Camera pans across desk to reveal man sitting at desk sketching something. He looks at the camera and speaks (no sound.) C/U of man speaking. Interior of a power station....

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Cataloguer:
Jenny
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
83148
Sort Number:
DOCS
Time in/Out:
01:14:09:00 / 01:21:47:00
Canister:
DOCS
Film ID:
2865.02
Issue Date:
1948

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