Timber For Houses 1950-1959

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British Instructional Films presents Timber for Houses.

Men standing on a frame working on roof, not yet tiled. Large log lifted by mechanical device over rows of piled up logs. Mechanical saw cuts through log. Log sliced by mechanical device. Title reads 'The...

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Cataloguer:
Agnew
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
90762
Sort Number:
DOCS
Time in/Out:
01:26:18:00 / 01:35:00:00
Canister:
DOCS
Film ID:
3260.04
Issue Date:
1950 - 1959

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