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Mighty Atom Issue Title - Strange To Relate 1940
Description
Mighty atom.
Various shots of the history of the atom demonstrated with diagrams. We see the molecules they form to make up salt, ice etc.
Note: old record reads: "There are references to the Nazi mind ("very small - like the atom"). Various diagrams & practical demonstrations. Various...
Data
- Cataloguer:
- Emma
- Stock:
- Black & White
- Sound:
- Sound
- Media URN:
- 43010
- Sort Number:
- NSP 236
- Time in/Out:
- 01:47:15:00 / 01:49:44:00
- Canister:
- NSP 236
- Film ID:
- 1294.24
- Issue Date:
- 10/10/1940
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