Welding Under Water 1947

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Description

Titles read: "WELDING UNDER WATER".

Location of events unknown.

Various shots of a diver climbing into a water tank with oxyacetylene equipment on his back. He uses an oxyacetylene burner underwater to cut through an iron bar.

Data

Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
45559
Sort Number:
NP 131
Time in/Out:
01:52:53:00 / 01:54:21:00
Canister:
NP 131
Film ID:
1398.30
Issue Date:
17/03/1947

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