Cigarette Making 1948

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Camden Town, London.

Various shots of people working in a cigarette factory - processing of the dried tobacco leaves into steam for stripping. Stripping machine in operation - leaves are stripped from stalks. Leaves go into compressor and onto shredder. Various shots of cigarette making machine...

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Data

Cataloguer:
Sanja
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
44388
Sort Number:
NP 222
Time in/Out:
01:42:15:00 / 01:44:45:00
Canister:
NP 222
Film ID:
1345.28
Issue Date:
13/12/1948

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