Collecting Spectacles For The Underdeveloped… 1965

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Maarsen, Holland (Netherlands).

Close up shots of two young and two old people using antique spectacles and eye glasses. Various shots of volunteers including children working at sorting out and wrapping used spectacles which have been donated by people from all over Holland and which will...

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Cataloguer:
Sanja
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
88673
Sort Number:
UN 4094 C
Time in/Out:
01:55:44:00 / 01:56:56:00
Canister:
UN 4094 C
Film ID:
3152.21
Issue Date:
1965

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