Plastic Tent 1969

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Enfield, Middlesex.

Various shots of two young men living in a sealed plastic tent for 24 hours to test out a new life support system. The tent is inside a factory or warehouse. One of them lies on a bed, the other is Peter Newman, who looks at oxygen dials on the support...

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Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
57139
Sort Number:
69/022
Time in/Out:
01:54:48:00 / 01:55:26:00
Canister:
69/22
Film ID:
2093.34
Issue Date:
13/03/1969

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0:010:020:030:04

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