Unissued / unused material. Newsreel item with commentary in German. Plastic maps being made in Germany - modern cartography. Various shots manufacturing process showing how maps are made. Liquid plastic is poured into scale moulds of mountainous landscape. The plastic solidifies and the model is taken from the mould. The three-dimensional map model is painted to look realistic. A photograph of the map model is taken with a gigantic camera. Various shots of the different ways the map is reproduced - in atlas books, in wall maps etc. Date on dope sheet is 12/04/1947. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT'S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News B
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