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1949: The Birth of a BELL | Newsreel | World of Work | BBC Archive
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4:38Now Playing“One of the few specialist foundries where bells are cast.”
BBC Television Newsreel cameras document the casting of a bell - a beautiful little snapshot of life in a bell foundry, as workers demonstrate the various stages of one of the oldest family crafts in England.
Clip taken from BBC Television Newsreel, originally broadcast on BBC Television, 3 January, 1949.
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