More Tennis Trifles 1931

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Filmed at Birmingham. "Making Tennis balls is an all-round matter - from the early "say it with rubber" stage..." C/U of a machine which punches a holes from rubber. C/U of rubber circles being put into metal moulds. A machine then presses two metal moulds together. Various C/Us of the moulds being...

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Cataloguer:
Jenny
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
16745
Sort Number:
EP 243
Time in/Out:
01:40:52:00 / 01:46:13:00
Canister:
EP 214
Film ID:
940.21
Issue Date:
18/06/1931

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