A Workman And His Mate 1940

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Full title reads: "A Workman And His Mate".

Philadelphia, United States of America (USA).

VS of two chimpanzees, dressed in dungarees at a Philadelphia Zoo giving a demonstration. They carry bricks in a hod and a barrow up to a small hut where they mix cement and try to build the wall....

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Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
21073
Sort Number:
40/070
Time in/Out:
01:03:23:00 / 01:03:58:00
Canister:
40/70
Film ID:
1055.04
Issue Date:
29/08/1940

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