Electronic Transcriber 1952

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Electronic transcriber.

London.

M/S as Joyce Macgram inspects print and walks to machine to fit it. C/U rolling print in and clamping it down. M/S as she picks up stencil sheet and rolls it into the machine. She looks through an eyepiece to focus. M/S machine rotating, Joyce walks...

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
43380
Sort Number:
NP 421
Time in/Out:
01:27:05:00 / 01:28:21:00
Canister:
NP 421
Film ID:
1309.14
Issue Date:
06/10/1952

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