Latex In The Home AKA Do-It-Yourself In… 1959

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Mansion House, London.

Staff from the Natural Rubber Development Board demonstrate the versatility of foam latex for soft furnishings in the home.

M/S Dennis Young, rubber consultant, wearing a bow tie, shows how pliable the foam is and sits down into a demonstration model of a very...

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Cataloguer:
Margaret
Stock:
Colour
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
1481
Sort Number:
CP 210
Time in/Out:
01:02:25:00 / 01:04:20:00
Canister:
CP 210
Film ID:
85.03
Issue Date:
05/01/1959

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