Royal Mint 1956

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Tower Hill, London.

M/S furnace at Royal Mint . Pot full of coins is emptied into pot for melting. Shots of molten metal being taken out of pot and carried by mechanical arm. M/S man feeding bars of melted alloy through press. They go through several times to get an almost exact thickness....

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Cataloguer:
Carol
Stock:
Colour
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
2020
Sort Number:
CP 075
Time in/Out:
01:00:13:00 / 01:03:33:00
Canister:
CP 075
Film ID:
43.01
Issue Date:
04/06/1956

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