Cinetopicalities In Brief No. 144 1941

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Titles read: "CINETOPICALITIES IN BRIEF".

United States of America.

At Maine we see the famous Hill Tower being cleaned and repaired. Scaffolding covers the bottom half of the tower. A man examines cracks in the stonework. Stone masons are lifted to the top parts of the tower on pulleys.

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Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
15809
Sort Number:
PT 562
Time in/Out:
01:12:09:00 / 01:13:58:00
Canister:
PT 562
Film ID:
1212.08
Issue Date:
06/01/1941

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