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"Treating 'em Rough!" - Filmed At Dollis… 1932
Description
Post Office Training School, Dollis Hill, London.
C/U of a machine which has been named "Galloping Gus" by telephone engineers. It is a machine which simulates the mistreatment of telephones. The part of an old fashioned stick telephone that would normally be held to the ear is repeatedly banged...
Data
- Cataloguer:
- Jenny
- Stock:
- Black & White
- Sound:
- Sound
- Media URN:
- 51228
- Sort Number:
- PSP 743
- Time in/Out:
- 01:36:46:00 / 01:39:51:00
- Canister:
- PSP 743
- Film ID:
- 1592.18
- Issue Date:
- 30/06/1932
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