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Slot Machine - A British Pathé short film about vending machines in 1960s Britain

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  1. DanBC
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    I'm submitting this because it's an interesting look at a narrow slice of 1960s Britain. The food does not look appetising. The factory workers have minimal protective equipment. There's talk of...

    I'm submitting this because it's an interesting look at a narrow slice of 1960s Britain.

    The food does not look appetising. The factory workers have minimal protective equipment. There's talk of "boffins" and mechanisation - this is around the time of Harold Wilson's "white heat of technology" speech when we thought tech would save the world. https://www.theguardian.com/science/political-science/2013/sep/19/harold-wilson-white-heat-technology-speech

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