Compasses Issue Title - This Way Please 1939

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No title - COMPASSES Making mariner's compasses.

Scotland.

M/S of ship sailing past lighthouse, M/S of captain looking at compass on deck. M/S of sheet of metal put through the mangle, various shots as it is curved on rollers. M/S of compass cases stacked together. Various shots of...

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
42570
Sort Number:
NSP 155
Time in/Out:
01:11:25:00 / 01:13:05:00
Canister:
NSP 155
Film ID:
1270.07
Issue Date:
16/03/1939

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