Training School For Blind 1940-1949

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Unissued / unused material.

Training school for blind in Poland.

School for the blind men teaching them mechanical trades, enabling them to work in the factories. Various shots blind men seated at tables assembling bicycle hubs. Various shots blind men making rubber inner tubes for...

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Cataloguer:
Amelia
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
75615
Sort Number:
UN 1888 D
Time in/Out:
01:15:58:00 / 01:16:58:00
Canister:
UN 1888 D
Film ID:
2212.06
Issue Date:
1940 - 1949

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