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Paperweights 1956
Description
M/S and C/U of Frank Hill sitting at a workbench and placing numerous tiny tubes of coloured glass into some small round stone or wooden containers. Commentator tells us Frank is keeping alive the art of making milliaflore paperweights at a glass works in Wealdstone, London.
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Data
- Time in/Out:
- 01:50:38:00 / 01:52:40:00
- Canister:
- CP 065
- Film ID:
- 39.21
- Issue Date:
- 26/03/1956
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