Prime Minister Opens Huge Motor Plant AKA… 1940

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Unused / unissued material - dates unclear or unknown.

Title reads: "Sydney. Prime Minister Opens Huge Motor Plant".

Pagewood, Sydney, Australia.

Exterior shot of new General Motors car factory. Various shots of Australian Prime Minister Robert Menzies as he tours the new...

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Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
59289
Sort Number:
UN 0163 C
Time in/Out:
01:05:53:00 / 01:07:32:00
Canister:
UN 163 C
Film ID:
592.03
Issue Date:

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