Home Made Glass Figures 1958

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Leytonstone, East London.

M/S of a man sitting at a dining room table with a glass work kit laid out in front of him. C/U of the man's hand holding a glass cocktail stick. The narrator explains that "expert, Robert Ward, has introduced a do-it-yourself conception that enthusiasts should be...

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Data

Cataloguer:
Amelia
Stock:
Colour
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
2324
Sort Number:
CP 172
Time in/Out:
01:28:52:00 / 01:30:06:00
Canister:
CP 172
Film ID:
73.19
Issue Date:
14/04/1958

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