Inventions 1950

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Inventions.

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M/S inventor Edwin Solomon dipping plates into his machine, then taking them out and putting them on the side. M/S Professor A.M. Low in his garden, he hangs a small packet of DDT on a tree and lights the fuse with a match before walking away....

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
45197
Sort Number:
NP 325
Time in/Out:
01:26:17:00 / 01:28:03:00
Canister:
NP 325
Film ID:
1381.16
Issue Date:
04/12/1950

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