KEY MEN [Main Title]

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  • Title: KEY MEN [Main Title]
  • Film Number: AMY 838
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  • Summary: A film about the security of keys.
  • Description: The film has a series of examples of bad practice in key security (such as hiding the safe key in a fresh place each night, and placing a series of keys in a series of locked drawers), and shows the correct procedures for handling keys. The "key men" throughout are played by the same actor, with and without handlebar moustache.
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  • Colour: B&W
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  • Object_Number: AMY 838
  • Sound: Sound
  • Access Conditions: Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1946-1975
  • Production Date: 1957-01
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Air Ministry (Production sponsor)
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  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Sound Soundtrack language: English Title language: English
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 371 ft; Running time: 4 mins
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    AMY 838

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