"Siller!" AKA Silver 1932

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Introductory intertitle reads: "As gold currency seems likely to become just a memory, silver output is on the upward curve. This is how they cast the silver bars in a refinery - "

Various shots of the processes involved in extracting silver. American narrator explains all the various parts...

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Cataloguer:
Jenny
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
51218
Sort Number:
PSP 741
Time in/Out:
01:12:45:00 / 01:14:22:00
Canister:
PSP 741
Film ID:
1592.07
Issue Date:
16/06/1932

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