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Works explorer

Copper kaleidoscope

Switzerland, 1969
film

The seemingly unlimited use of copper and copper alloys through five thousand years of history has established this metal as one of the most valuable possessi..

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Metal of the centuries

United Kingdom, 1970
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The Mining and smelting of copper

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Metal in harmony

United Kingdom, 1962
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Mining for copper

United Kingdom, 1951
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Gold the sacred metal

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All that glitters

United States, 1975
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To meet a challenge

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Manufacture of domestic copper tubes

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Living tomorrow. No. 128

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A Story of silver

Denmark, 1960
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Aluminium in Australia

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Gold!

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The Story of the Timna copper miner

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Silver

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Out of the fiery furnace. Parts 6 and 7

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Metal makers

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Australia, 1982
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Treasures of the earth

United States, 1958
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