Guitar Factory 1965

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Romford, Essex.

Various shots of guitars being made at a factory in Romford. Good C/Us of craftsmen at work and of the guitars taking shape. Narrator says that guitar making is enjoying a boom in Britain because of the "Beat Groups". The guitars are electric guitars and a dozen different craftsmen...

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Cataloguer:
Jenny
Stock:
Colour
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
3768
Sort Number:
CP 539
Time in/Out:
01:53:27:00 / 01:55:30:00
Canister:
CP 539
Film ID:
315.10
Issue Date:
22/04/1965

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  • The final paragraph, beginning "David Michael.....", does not actually appear in this clip. Instead it appears in the linked clip, number 315.11.

    jamied 23rd Dec 2012

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