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Mechanical Tortoise 1951
Description
Bristol.
Various shots of mechanical machine (or mechanical tortoise) being demonstrated by it's inventor (Doctor Grey Walter) who directs the machine by waving a torch. M/Ss of machine running into small lamp. Several shots of the inside workings of the machine. The machine follows the light...
Data
- Cataloguer:
- Howard
- Stock:
- Black & White
- Sound:
- Sound
- Media URN:
- 34574
- Sort Number:
- NP 341
- Time in/Out:
- 01:41:07:00 / 01:43:27:00
- Canister:
- NP 341
- Film ID:
- 1285.18
- Issue Date:
- 26/03/1951
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