Trans Canada Pipeline 1958

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Unused / unissued material -

Title reads: "'Big Inch' - Canada's Amazing Pipeline". American voiceovered newsreel material.

Canada.

AV Dense forest area. VS of parts of the Trans-Canadian pipeline (known as the 'Big Inch') being transported on railway. MS lorry passing by...

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Data

Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
83546
Sort Number:
UN 3129 F
Time in/Out:
01:24:11:00 / 01:25:31:00
Canister:
UN 3129 F
Film ID:
2886.12
Issue Date:
1958

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