Steel Age 1930

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Introductory intertitle reads: "Blazing metal - chained power - a holocaust if it ever got loose - " We then see various shots in a steel foundry. Good shots of men at work, molten metal, sparks etc. Very short item - incomplete.

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Cataloguer:
Jenny
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
36401
Sort Number:
EP 149
Time in/Out:
01:04:55:00 / 01:05:49:00
Canister:
EP 149
Film ID:
898.03
Issue Date:
19/05/1930

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