Ace Of Bowmen! 1939

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Description

Titles read: "ACE OF BOWMEN!"

Australia.

Various shots of a man with a moustache and a beret firing an arrow at two hearts drawn on a tree. C/U of a girl powdering her face. She stands at a distance from the archer and throws a disc into the air; the man fires an arrow at the disc...

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Data

Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
41116
Sort Number:
PT 497
Time in/Out:
01:33:15:00 / 01:34:52:00
Canister:
PT 497
Film ID:
1192.18
Issue Date:
09/10/1939

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