Ultrasonic Torch 1968

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No title. Ultrasonic torch aids blind, London.

C/U pan blind man holding ultrasonic torch. C/U as hand switches torch on. C/U as the blind man walks away. Panning shot as he walks past camera, we hear high pitched signal coming from torch. M/S as the man walks towards a pillar box and the torch...

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Data

Cataloguer:
Amelia
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
56569
Sort Number:
68/009
Time in/Out:
01:42:21:00 / 01:42:46:00
Canister:
68/9
Film ID:
2049.38
Issue Date:
28/01/1968

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