Getting The Needle 1937

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Full title reads: "Getting the Needle".

Location of events unknown.

A look inside a factory that makes needles for sewing.

M/S of man operating factory machinery. C/U of big coil of steel wire. Extreme C/U of machine that cuts wire to rods. A woman's hand picks up a bunch....

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Cataloguer:
Amelia
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
39775
Sort Number:
PT 356
Time in/Out:
01:00:42:00 / 01:02:10:00
Canister:
PT 356
Film ID:
1146.01
Issue Date:
18/01/1937

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