Acrobatic Feats By St Pensbys AKA Trapeze… 1910

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General view looking over the heads of spectators at a stage in the open air. St Pensby's Acrobats are performing. We first see two men on a kind of static trapeze - they do the swinging themselves! One man pretends to get stuck at the top of the trapeze and the...

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Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
66049
Sort Number:
ON 192 A
Time in/Out:
01:13:33:00 / 01:14:44:00
Canister:
ON 192 A
Film ID:
2328.12
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