The Rarest Substance Known - Radium 1930

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"Radium, that wonderful but little understood element, is extracted from pitchblende, canotite, ore etc. One ton of ore yields but a tiny speck!"

L/S of men pushing sacks towards the camera. C/U of a piece of rock that has the words "Radium Ore" written on it. "To extract this speck from a...

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Cataloguer:
Jenny
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
36597
Sort Number:
EP 145
Time in/Out:
01:19:20:00 / 01:23:21:00
Canister:
EP 145
Film ID:
1002.08
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