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The Association of Film and Video Laboratories Handbook

Author
Association of Film and Video Laboratories
Publisher
ACVL
Place
Los Angeles, California
ETC archive
ETC0117
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Association of Film and Video Laboratories. The Association of Film and Video Laboratories Handbook. ACVL. 1994.

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