Secrets Of The Stratosphere 1934

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Titles read: "SECRETS OF THE STRATOSPHERE".

Animated diagrams throughout this item explain what the stratosphere is, as commentator notes the new cult of stratosphere ballooning. A diagram of the earth points out the atmosphere of the earth containing the troposphere and the stratosphere. Another...

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Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
40192
Sort Number:
PT 230
Time in/Out:
01:01:38:00 / 01:04:10:00
Canister:
PT 230
Film ID:
1163.02
Issue Date:
20/08/1934

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