A Writing Phenomenon! 1935

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Titles read: "A Writing phenomenon!"

Location of events unknown.

Various shots of 18-year-old John Bowd writing on a blackboard. He writes the word 'Pathe' backwards with both hands simultaneously, then writes it backwards with the left hand and forward with the right. Then forward...

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Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
38948
Sort Number:
PT 273
Time in/Out:
01:09:51:00 / 01:11:46:00
Canister:
PT 273
Film ID:
1118.06
Issue Date:
17/06/1935

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