Oil For The Twentieth Century Reels 1 &… 1951

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c. 1951

Reel 1. Film which records 50 years of great British enterprise, providing a background to recent events in Persia. Transport. Cars and buses from low angle. Traffic light, shots of feet crossing road, metallic "Look Left/Right" signs in road. Office underneath a city street. C/U of...

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Cataloguer:
Jenny
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
74525
Sort Number:
DOCS
Time in/Out:
01:16:31:00 / 01:33:00:00
Canister:
DOCS
Film ID:
2267.02
Issue Date:
1951

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