Plastic Flowers 1959

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St John's Wood, Golders Green, London.

Ronald Lane specialises in floral decor with light effects . He is seen at work, designing something. M/S as he shows his work to Tom Wrigley, who is cutting petals from plastic. C/U shot of the machine cutting the sheets of acrylic sheet plastic. C/U...

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Cataloguer:
Margaret
Stock:
Colour
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
1384
Sort Number:
CP 216
Time in/Out:
01:46:15:00 / 01:48:48:00
Canister:
CP 216
Film ID:
85.34
Issue Date:
16/02/1959

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