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This audio recording, originally made on July 17, 1967, takes place in the Te Papa Museum. It begins with the faint, echoing hum of a busy museum environment. Murmured conversations and the occasional clatter of footsteps on the hard floor fill the background. The main focus of the recording is a demonstration of a typical urine test from the 1960s. The sound of glass clinking softly together suggests the presence of various test tubes and implements. A soft, bubbling noise indicates the test's commencement, perhaps the sample being mixed with a reagent. Throughout the recording, there are intermittent sounds of a pen scratching on paper, suggestive of meticulous note-taking. There's the slight rustle of paper, perhaps the turning of pages in a manual or the shuffling of test results. The audio culminates with a conclusive click, which could be the capping of a test tube or the shutting of a briefcase. The murmurs in the background
