Oxford University, Library & Ashmolean Preservation Center
Student rining bell in library as man is reading next to him. MCU of man reading. Interior of ornate library looking out stained glass windows. Students reading at tables in front of large bound volumes. Student reading medieval parchment (?) w/ hand calligraphy & illuminations. Turning pages.
17:38:12 Man down stairwell. Climbing ladder to get large volume, leaves slip on shelf.
17:38:46 Beam of flashlight seen in dark. Bound tattered books “Courier de Londres” volume taken from shelf. Put back.
17:39:28 Row of volumes: Oxford Chronicle on shelf. Man w/ flashlight reshelving volumes. Shelves of books, overloaded. Man returning volumes.
17:40:33 Ext. Stone building, man with two volumes around corner, to door & opens w/ keys. Closes behind.
17:41:05 Exhibit: The Silver Universal Microscope made For George III. Other chemical glasware in display case. “Chemical glass-ware used in the Ashmolean Laboratory ca 1790-1820”. Other equipment showing telescopes, wheels, etc. Clock dial. Vacuum tube (?) display case with many things. Etchings or engavings of men.
17:43:01 Excavation of early foundation; men digging into wheelbarrows & dirt removed. Laying bricks & stucco or plastering. Man w/ pipe watching workmen. Laing foundations behind. Piledriver w/ steam.
College; Elite; 1930s; Depression;
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Oxford University, Library & Ashmolean Preservation Center Student rining bell in library as man is reading next to him. MCU of man reading. Interior of ornate library looking out stained glass windows. Students reading at tables in front of large bound volumes. Student reading medieval parchment (?) w/ hand calligraphy & illuminations. Turning pages. 17:38:12 Man down stairwell. Climbing ladder to get large volume, leaves slip on shelf. 17:38:46 Beam of flashlight seen in dark. Bound tattered books “Courier de Londres” volume taken from shelf. Put back. 17:39:28 Row of volumes: Oxford Chronicle on shelf. Man w/ flashlight reshelving volumes. Shelves of books, overloaded. Man returning volumes. 17:40:33 Ext. Stone building, man with two volumes around corner, to door & opens w/ keys. Closes behind. 17:41:05 Exhibit: The Silver Universal Microscope made For George III. Other chemical glasware in display case. “Chemical glass-ware used in the Ashmolean Laboratory ca 1790-1820”. Other equipment showing telescopes, wheels, etc. Clock dial. Vacuum tube (?) display case with many things. Etchings or engavings of men. 17:43:01 Excavation of early foundation; men digging into wheelbarrows & dirt removed. Laying bricks & stucco or plastering. Man w/ pipe watching workmen. Laing foundations behind. Piledriver w/ steam. College; Elite; 1930s; Depression;