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"The World's Switchboard" 1933
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Full title reads: "London. 'The World's Switchboard' Lord Mayor opens International Telephone Exchange - one of the wonders of the World and an all-British triumph! World's 32 million telephone subscribers can now speak to each other, with exception of Albania, China and Japan."
London.
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Data
- Cataloguer:
- Mark
- Stock:
- Black & White
- Sound:
- Sound
- Media URN:
- 6151
- Sort Number:
- 33/037
- Time in/Out:
- 01:40:42:00 / 01:42:56:00
- Canister:
- 33/37
- Film ID:
- 705.22
- Issue Date:
- 08/02/1933
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