Rock Making Factory 1957

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Wood Green, London.

An object which looks like a large boiler or distilling barrel appears on screen. A man wheels a trolley with a basin on and places it under the strange barrel. He opens a tap at the bottom and a glue-like liquid starts pouring into the basin. After the basin is filled,...

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Data

Cataloguer:
Sanja
Stock:
Colour
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
1237
Sort Number:
CP 109
Time in/Out:
01:39:52:00 / 01:43:19:00
Canister:
CP 109
Film ID:
57.18
Issue Date:
28/01/1957

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