A Sunny Moment With Little Miss Muff Hancock… 1922

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A four year old girl called Muff Hancock performs a dance based on the Little Miss Muffet nursery rhyme. She dances around a sundial wearing a tiny tutu. She curtsies. Short segment.

Data

Cataloguer:
Jenny
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
14654
Sort Number:
EP 050
Time in/Out:
01:19:35:00 / 01:20:26:00
Canister:
EP 050
Film ID:
850.10
Issue Date:
23/11/1922

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