Painting China 1944

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Painting china.

Location of events unknown.

Various shots as a woman demonstrates how to paint plain crockery with grated sealing wax mixed with methylated spirit. She decorates them with animals and shows it to her baby son who examines it closely.

Data

Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
50544
Sort Number:
NSP 424
Time in/Out:
01:23:12:00 / 01:25:00:00
Canister:
NSP 424
Film ID:
1576.13
Issue Date:
15/05/1944

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