Glass Toys 1948

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Potters Bar, Hertfordshire.

C/U of a glass figure made by toy maker Mr Dunlop. Various shots of Mr Dunlop working with glass held over a Bunsen burner, making a glass bird. Another man sits beside him doing the same. Another figure, looks like a little dog, is finished off.

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Data

Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
34088
Sort Number:
NP 177
Time in/Out:
01:11:07:00 / 01:12:20:00
Canister:
NP 177
Film ID:
1247.07
Issue Date:
02/02/1948

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