A Modern Noah's Ark 1934

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Titles read: "A Modern Noah's Ark".

Germany.

Various shots of several different kinds of animals together in the same cage as part of a travelling circus. A goat, a monkey and a cat are seen together, and rats and cats sit together on a ledge on the cage. A monkey climbs all over a...

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Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
38701
Sort Number:
PT 232
Time in/Out:
01:21:17:00 / 01:22:01:00
Canister:
PT 232
Film ID:
1104.12
Issue Date:
03/09/1934

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