Cigarette Testing 1949

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Bristol tobacco factory.

M/S of woman at desk, next to her his a large device that can smoke four cigarettes at once. It has two glass lungs for the smoke to go into. The commentator says that the experiments are being carried out to compare the qualities on new tobaccos. Several shots of smoke...

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Cataloguer:
Howard
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
34219
Sort Number:
NP 231
Time in/Out:
01:51:04:00 / 01:51:46:00
Canister:
NP 231
Film ID:
1263.35
Issue Date:
14/02/1949

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