Your Waste Paper - What Becomes Of It AKA… 1941

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Item title reads - Your waste paper- what becomes of it.

Somewhere in the south of England.

Various shots showing bundles of waste paper being loaded into a mill by cranes. It goes through process and is refined. Then the pulp gets further treatment and goes through rollers until...

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
39556
Sort Number:
41/092
Time in/Out:
01:20:24:00 / 01:22:36:00
Canister:
41/92
Film ID:
1137.15
Issue Date:
17/11/1941

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