01 Jan 1973
Simply Metric
A guide to going metric from the Central Office of Information on behalf of the Metrication Board.
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This color educational film is a driver's safety film about city driving. There is no copyright at the beginning or end of the film so the date of the production appears to be the mid to late 1970s.
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