Further Farthings! 1940

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Titles read: "FURTHER FARTHINGS!"

London.

Various shots of signs giving prices for 'Ladder-proof Stockings' and 'Black-out [sic] cloth'. We then see various shots of the processes involved in the production of farthings at the Royal Mint, from the preparation of the metal to the final...

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Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
41522
Sort Number:
PT 524
Time in/Out:
01:40:54:00 / 01:42:57:00
Canister:
PT 524
Film ID:
1200.20
Issue Date:
15/04/1940

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