Nylon Flowers 1954

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Nylon Flowers, Whetstone in Leicestershire.

M/S and C/U Woman (Mrs Edith Barham) examining nylons. M/S Woman examining nylons. She picks up a roll of wire. C/U Unwinding a piece of wire and cutting it with pliers. C/U Placing down the wire and picking up the nylon, she begins to cut a section...

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Data

Cataloguer:
Howard
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
44019
Sort Number:
NP 501
Time in/Out:
01:11:34:00 / 01:13:29:00
Canister:
NP 501
Film ID:
1333.07
Issue Date:
19/04/1954

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