Railway Signal AKA Blind Man's Train 1951

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Blind man test his new signal device.

L/S Man (Ernest Last) bending over train (model) in garden. Man is blind. C/U Hands operating trip control pan over to hands going onto miniature engine. C/U Hands on engine panning up to as engine moves off down track. M/S Pan with engine along track to...

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Cataloguer:
Howard
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
34672
Sort Number:
NP 377
Time in/Out:
01:49:30:00 / 01:50:21:00
Canister:
NP 377
Film ID:
1295.31
Issue Date:
03/12/1951

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