After Dinner Interludes 1924

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Several entertaining tricks with ordinary household objects are demonstrated.

i) How to balance a penny on the edge of a wine glass. C/U of woman's hands as she fixes two forks together by intermeshing their prongs. The penny is held in the teeth of the forks which is then balanced on the...

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Cataloguer:
Jenny
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
14767
Sort Number:
EP 067
Time in/Out:
01:04:19:00 / 01:06:21:00
Canister:
EP 067
Film ID:
860.03
Issue Date:

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