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The Archimedean Screw 1940-1949
Description
British Instructional Films Ltd presents a Classroom Film.
River passes by some trees. Group of men operate an "Archimedean Screw" - a device which enables them to extract water from the river and lift it to another level. It is a kind of large tube which rotates, picking up water. C/U of...
Data
- Cataloguer:
- Jenny
- Stock:
- Black & White
- Sound:
- Mute
- Media URN:
- 83367
- Sort Number:
- DOCS
- Time in/Out:
- 01:21:05:00 / 01:22:26:00
- Canister:
- DOCS
- Film ID:
- 2877.04
- Issue Date:
- 1940 - 1949
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