Tv Camera Inspects Shell Centre 1959

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This material is shot in colour.

South Bank, London.

Various shots of the men lowering small television camera into a deep hole in the ground on a building site. Men looking into camera, camera taking footage, footage of the inside of the hole and of the camera at work.

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Cataloguer:
Sanja
Stock:
Colour
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
88216
Sort Number:
UN 3979 A
Time in/Out:
01:00:08:00 / 01:04:05:00
Canister:
UN 3979 A
Film ID:
3129.01
Issue Date:
1959

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