Keys & Locks 1942

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Description

Keys and locks.

A woman smiles playfully then unlocks a yale lock and smiles again before entering the room. Various shots of an early wooden lock. Various shots of another which opens an old chest. M/S of the complex mechanisms working as it opens and closes.

Data

Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
49557
Sort Number:
NSP 302
Time in/Out:
01:24:47:00 / 01:25:16:00
Canister:
NSP 302
Film ID:
1540.15
Issue Date:
12/01/1942

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