GEC Factory Buildings 1910-1929

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GEC Factory Buildings.

General Electric Company plant - location of events unknown.

Pan across open field w/ nothing in it. Finally a few trees; then building w/ tower silhouetted in BG. Series of establishing shots; of various buildings. Rows of identical buildings - company houses?...

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Cataloguer:
Cheri
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
77114
Sort Number:
ON 396 A
Time in/Out:
01:00:01:00 / 01:03:58:00
Canister:
ON 396 A
Film ID:
2458.01
Issue Date:
1910 - 1929

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