Woven Rock 1939

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Note: Location of events unknown.

Full titles read: "WOVEN ROCK"

M/S of a man chiselling at a piece of rock. C/U of man's hand pulling out cotton wool like material out of the rock. Various shots of women at work in a factory with long sheets of material. Good M/S's of women using...

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Data

Cataloguer:
Howard
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
40810
Sort Number:
PT 470
Time in/Out:
01:18:27:00 / 01:20:31:00
Canister:
PT 470
Film ID:
1186.10
Issue Date:
27/03/1939

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