A Real White Elephant 1926

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London.

Title: "A Real White Elephant (only it's pink!) is now in the Zoological Gardens from Burma".

M/S of two men of Far Eastern origin with two elephants, one of the animals is albino. M/S of the albino elephant kneeling on the ground. M/S of the two elephants coming out of a large...

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Cataloguer:
Amelia
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
25768
Sort Number:
G 1295
Time in/Out:
01:54:20:00 / 01:56:47:00
Canister:
G 1295
Film ID:
496.20
Issue Date:
20/05/1926

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