Pianola Man 1961

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Ramsgate, Kent.

M/S and C/U of a pianola playing; piano keys moving by themselves. Various shots show Gordon Iles in his pianola factory making a pianola roll; holes are punched in a long sheet of paper by a special machine with pins. The finished paper roll is rolled over a tube; Gordon takes...

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Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Colour
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
2143
Sort Number:
CP 350
Time in/Out:
01:37:28:00 / 01:40:35:00
Canister:
CP 350
Film ID:
155.10
Issue Date:
11/09/1961

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