The Breaking Point 1938

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Full titles read: "THE BREAKING POINT"

Testing laboratory in Vienna, Austria. L/S's of two factory workers in the laboratory testing the strength of household tiles with a large machine. M/S of one of the tiles breaking under the strain of the machine. The commentator says that the "press [machine]...

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Cataloguer:
Howard
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
40232
Sort Number:
PT 409
Time in/Out:
01:12:39:00 / 01:13:40:00
Canister:
PT 409
Film ID:
1164.11
Issue Date:
26/01/1938

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