South Of Zero 1931

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Full titles read: "SOUTH OF ZERO ! - Some experiments with liquid air at the Faraday Exhibition, London."

Intertitles read: "South of Zero to be precise, about 200 degrees below freezing point - lies a new world, cold, deadly, but intensely interesting - the domain of liquid air."

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Cataloguer:
Howard
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
37074
Sort Number:
PT 083
Time in/Out:
01:44:13:00 / 01:46:59:00
Canister:
PT 083
Film ID:
1042.17
Issue Date:
26/10/1931

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