British Heavy Industry 1947

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Description

Unissued / unused material.

Location of events unknown / unclear.

Various shots men at work inside steel foundry, stoking furnaces etc. Some shots very dark.

Cuts from story "Man Power Story" in Gazette Issue 47/22.

Data

Cataloguer:
Amelia
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
66534
Sort Number:
UN 1720 C
Time in/Out:
01:14:42:00 / 01:15:29:00
Canister:
UN 1720 C
Film ID:
2375.04
Issue Date:
1947

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Trade & Industry
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47-22 Mute Neg

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