Furniture Research 1953

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Redhill, Surrey.

Various shots of a wooden kitchen chair being test at the Furniture Development Council. A man in a white coat sits and rocks on the chair, then fits several dials and instruments to it to measure the 'give' of the chair.

Another testing machine involves a large weight...

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Data

Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
43587
Sort Number:
NP 450
Time in/Out:
01:38:41:00 / 01:40:03:00
Canister:
NP 450
Film ID:
1317.24
Issue Date:
27/04/1953

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