Zip Fasteners 1950

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Description

Manufacture of zip fasteners.

Kynoch Works, Witton, Birmingham.

M/S of girl unzipping the outer layer of her skirt and putting it round her shoulders as cape, this was designed by Mr Lashwood of London. M/S rolls of tape on the shelf. Various shots of girl threading tape onto machine...

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Data

Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
34401
Sort Number:
NP 285
Time in/Out:
01:09:14:00 / 01:11:02:00
Canister:
NP 285
Film ID:
1275.06
Issue Date:
27/02/1950

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