Map Survey 1965

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Southampton, Hampshire.

C/Us of a surveyor "plotting" the land in order to make a map. C/Us of men at work at drawing boards putting together intricate maps. "Britain is the world's greatest map making country" announces the narrator. Various shots of maps being crafted. Large optical devices...

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Data

Cataloguer:
Jenny
Stock:
Colour
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
3767
Sort Number:
CP 539
Time in/Out:
01:51:08:00 / 01:53:27:00
Canister:
CP 539
Film ID:
315.09
Issue Date:
22/04/1965

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