Sections 1943

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Sections.

Probably filmed at Pathe studios, London.

M/S of man examining empty shell of sausage roll, we see sections of mine, lighthouse, gun, carburettor, piston of motor and steam engine. A microtome cuts small sections and a woman looks under a microscope at mud from the Thames....

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
50210
Sort Number:
NSP 378
Time in/Out:
01:11:30:00 / 01:13:37:00
Canister:
NSP 378
Film ID:
1564.06
Issue Date:
28/06/1943

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