Siberian Power Station 1956

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Irkutsk, Siberia, Soviet Union (USSR).

LTV. Cranes at work (title super over). GV. Pan along top of building site showing workmen perched up above ground. Men are working on making a new power station on the lake Baikal. TV. With crane in foreground. CU. Russian foreman. LV. Lake Baikal GV....

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Cataloguer:
Bond
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
31498
Sort Number:
56/017
Time in/Out:
01:35:55:00 / 01:36:46:00
Canister:
56/17
Film ID:
569.21
Issue Date:
27/02/1956

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0:010:020:030:04

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