Flame That Freezes How A Fridge Works 1939

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A man eating a soup - he blows in direction of spoon to cool the soup as he eats.

A woman walking towards a refrigerator - 'a new way of cooling things'. She lights the fire at the back of it showing the burner. 'If she wants to cool something, she heats it' - says...

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Cataloguer:
Sanja
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
42520
Sort Number:
NSP 147
Time in/Out:
01:53:20:00 / 01:55:41:00
Canister:
NSP 147
Film ID:
1266.31
Issue Date:
19/01/1939

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