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1979: The Model World of Robert Symes | BBC Archive
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47:47Now PlayingPresenter, inventor and amateur model maker Bob Symes-Schutzmann shares his interest in and involvement with models and modellers throughout his life, and explains how modelling has helped him to become self sufficient. In the world of Robert Symes, every model works and each one tells a story.
Clip taken from The Model World of Robert Symes, originally broadcast on BBC Two, 1 January, 1979.
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