Following The Sun 1936

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Item title reads - Following the Sun.

Italy.

M/S of a diagram showing house designed to catch all the sun's rays. L/S of the big round house, it rests on 15 trolleys that run on rails. Various shots of the cogs and wheels, the house can rotate to face the sun. Various shots of the...

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Data

Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
39270
Sort Number:
PT 306
Time in/Out:
01:52:18:00 / 01:53:12:00
Canister:
PT 306
Film ID:
1128.25
Issue Date:
04/02/1936

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