China Clay 1964

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St Austell, Cornwall.

Various shots of man-made China clay pits, looking somewhat like a lunar landscape. A large truck travels past; a hose blasts the clay hills with a fierce jet of water, causing the clay to explode away from the rock face and cascade down into the valley; a nerdish man...

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Data

Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Colour
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
3575
Sort Number:
CP 508
Time in/Out:
01:53:08:00 / 01:55:02:00
Canister:
CP 508
Film ID:
289.11
Issue Date:
20/08/1964

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