Old Craft Learns New Ways 1958

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Full title reads: "North Wales. Old Craft Learns New Ways".

Wales.

GV Panning shot of the Dorothea Slate Quarry. SV Sign board in front of huge pile of slate. GV Three men wheeling large lump of quarried slate into building. SV Panning shot of same. GV Interior shot as the men wheel...

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Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
49712
Sort Number:
58/068
Time in/Out:
01:19:15:00 / 01:20:22:00
Canister:
58/68
Film ID:
1549.09
Issue Date:
25/08/1958

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