A Chair Novelty 1926

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No title. M/S of a group of men and women having afternoon tea at tables in a garden. A man walks into shot and takes his hat off to two women. He looks around for a chair. He asks a waiter for a chair, and the waiter walks over to the table with a folding chair.

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Cataloguer:
Jenny
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
15108
Sort Number:
EP 120
Time in/Out:
01:08:30:00 / 01:09:57:00
Canister:
EP 120
Film ID:
888.04
Issue Date:
12/07/1926

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