How the paper clip became a million dollar idea

Name: How the paper clip became a million dollar idea
Uploaded: 2017-10-19T23:24:03.000Z
Duration: 1 min 21 s
Description: The BBC's Aaron Heslehurst explains how the paper clip became a million dollar idea and inspired a resistance movement.

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We've been using paper clips for over a century to hold our documents together. But who came up with this useful little idea? And why did the paper clip inspire a World War Two resistance movement?

Video journalist: Jeremy Howell

Business

20 October 2017