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  1. Great Britain: Britain’s Noblemen

    Date released
    1938
    Series name
    The March of Time 3rd Year
    Issue no
    9
    NoS ID
    352183
    Story no
    2 / 3

    BFI synopsis: report on the hard times of noblemen due to death duties.

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  2. Hire Purchase

    Date released
    1938
    Series name
    The March of Time 4th Year
    Issue no
    1
    NoS ID
    352193
    Story no
    2 / 3

    BFI synopsis: Unscrupulous firms cash in.

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  3. Racketeers vs. Housewives

    Date released
    1938
    Series name
    The March of Time 4th Year
    Issue no
    5
    NoS ID
    352202
    Story no
    1 / 2

    BFI synopsis: The efforts to protect people from dishonest shopkeepers in New York and throughout the USA.

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  4. Something on Account

    Date released
    May 1938
    Series name
    Ace Cinemagazine
    Issue no
    59
    NoS ID
    349167
    Story no
    1 / 4

    NoS synopsis: The making of account books, and the process of ruling the all important lines, followed by the manufacture of mechanical accounting machines whose amazing mechanisms add and subtract thousands...

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  5. Reaching a Pitch

    Date released
    Jun 1938
    Series name
    Ace Cinemagazine
    Issue no
    68
    NoS ID
    349178
    Story no
    3 / 4

    NoS synopsis: The London Passenger Transport Board’s lost property office showing the intricate filing system of the department

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  6. Pounds, Shillings and Sense

    Date released
    Aug 1938
    Series name
    Ace Cinemagazine
    Issue no
    81
    NoS ID
    349235
    Story no
    1 / 4

    NoS synopsis: Money as used in different parts of the world, cowrie shells, tobacco, agricultural instruments and even feathers

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  7. Pounds, Shillings and Sense

    Date released
    Aug 1938
    Series name
    Ace Cinemagazine
    Issue no
    81
    NoS ID
    349236
    Story no
    2 / 4

    NoS synopsis: Mr. B. A. Seaby, the well-known numismatist, then explains the symbols "£", "s" and "d", and gives examples from the development of English coinage

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  8. Mexico’s New Crisis

    Date released
    1939
    Series name
    The March of Time 4th Year
    Issue no
    12
    NoS ID
    352212
    Story no
    1 / 2

    The March of Time synopsis: This March of Time episode .... deals with the story behind Mexico’s confiscation of British and American oil properties and the present-day effects of this action. The film...

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  9. The Argentine Question

    Date released
    Apr 1942
    Series name
    The March of Time 7th Year
    Issue no
    10
    NoS ID
    352036
    Story no
    1 / 1

    The March of Time synopsis: Early in 1942, when other American republics broke with the common enemy, the Argentine postponed action, though its President, Ramon Castillo, still stoutly maintains that he is...

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  10. Fashion Means Business!

    Date released
    1947
    Series name
    The March of Time 12th Year
    Issue no
    10
    NoS ID
    352271
    Story no
    1 / 1

    The March of Time synopsis: The latest March of Time devotes itself to a survey of one of the world’s biggest industries - dressing the modern woman. The film shows not only the exclusive model of...

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