Portable Weighing Machine 1937

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Description

Portable weighing machine.

Location of events unknown.

M/S as a lady pulls a large weighing machine on wheels down the street. A lady stops her and puts the money in to weigh herself. M/S as a young man on bicycle gets off and weighs himself, C/U of his profile.

Data

Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
41947
Sort Number:
NSP 058
Time in/Out:
01:59:03:00 / 01:59:24:00
Canister:
NSP 58
Film ID:
1236.38
Issue Date:
06/05/1937

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