Duke Visits Tyre Factory 1954

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Fort Dunlop, Birmingham.

GV. Duke of Edinburgh with officials looking at machinery. CU. Testing tyre tubes in water. SV. Inner tubes come off machine and being put on conveyor. SV. Duke watching tubes being thrown onto conveyor. SCU. Girls feeding and removing tubes from water tank. SCU. Prince...

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Cataloguer:
Sanja
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
30299
Sort Number:
54/091
Time in/Out:
01:13:31:00 / 01:14:47:00
Canister:
54/91
Film ID:
497.07
Issue Date:
22/11/1954

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  • A far longer version of this story can be seen in clip 2275.02.

    jamied 23rd Aug 2012

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