Daylight Dome 1962

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Description

St Helen's, Lancashire.

Joan Taylor is seen measuring the brightness of the daylight passing through a glass brick. Christine Moore moves a brick into position for a test. C/U shots of the blocks and the patterns. M/S scale model of a school with classrooms and desks.

Assistants prepare...

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Data

Cataloguer:
Margaret
Stock:
Colour
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
3168
Sort Number:
CP 414
Time in/Out:
01:29:16:00 / 01:32:19:00
Canister:
CP 414
Film ID:
211.06
Issue Date:
03/12/1962

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