Tin Opener To Save Life 1965

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Title reads: "TIN OPENER TO SAVE LIFE".

Oxford, Oxfordshire.

Various shots rescue team arriving at scene of car accident. C/U injured man trapped in car. Two firemen with new type of cutters start to cut hole in roof of car. C/U cutter (which has been nicknamed the tin-opener). L/S...

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Cataloguer:
Amelia
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
55390
Sort Number:
65/040
Time in/Out:
01:07:46:00 / 01:08:57:00
Canister:
65/40
Film ID:
1802.06
Issue Date:
16/05/1965

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