Water-Proofer Waterproofer 1948

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Surrey.

Waterproofed clothes. Various shots of rain beating down onto house. C/U of girl in summer frock and headscarf peering through some French windows. She steps boldly into the rain - the narrator explains her clothes have been dipped in a special solution that make the fibres water-repellent....

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Data

Cataloguer:
Amelia
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
34179
Sort Number:
NP 221
Time in/Out:
01:54:03:00 / 01:54:40:00
Canister:
NP 221
Film ID:
1261.34
Issue Date:
06/12/1948

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