Rose Petal Cigarettes 1959

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Description

Commercial Road, London.

L/S cigarette making machine, operated by Harry Durrance working near to it with another man in the background pulling a trolley. He adjusts a lever, M/S various mechanical parts and eventually a huge long roll of an endless cigarette can be seen coming out of the...

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Data

Cataloguer:
Margaret
Stock:
Colour
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
1377
Sort Number:
CP 214
Time in/Out:
01:28:09:00 / 01:30:17:00
Canister:
CP 214
Film ID:
85.23
Issue Date:
02/02/1959

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