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Exploring The Firmament 1933
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Titles read: "Exploring the Firmament - In the heart of the Californian Mountains, is the Mt. Wilson Observatory, home of the World's largest telescope, magnifying the power of the human eye, 160,000 times, enabling man to peer to the very fringes of space."
California, United States of America.
Various...
Data
- Cataloguer:
- Sarah
- Stock:
- Black & White
- Sound:
- Sound
- Media URN:
- 37400
- Sort Number:
- PT 151
- Time in/Out:
- 01:46:29:00 / 01:49:41:00
- Canister:
- PT 151
- Film ID:
- 1070.24
- Issue Date:
- 13/02/1933
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