British Nylon Fair 1961 1961

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Colour.

Bro-Nylon and Bri-Lon presented at The Royal Albert Hall by British Nylon Spinners. Ten minutes of pure pleasure!

This is an extended version of the Colour Pictorial item with the film id - 133.08. This version is much better image quality - pristine!

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Cataloguer:
Jenny
Stock:
Colour
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
82901
Sort Number:
DOCS
Time in/Out:
01:19:59:00 / 01:29:30:00
Canister:
DOCS
Film ID:
2849.03
Issue Date:
1961

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