All Set For Arts Ball 1953

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Royal Albert Hall, London.

GV students preparing set pieces in Chelsea studio. SCU students painting set piece. CU man wearing big wickerwork hat. People working on set piece. SV students painting lion face. CU lion face. SCU girl looking at drawings. CU sketches of costumes. CU wire work...

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Cataloguer:
Sanja
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
29070
Sort Number:
53/098
Time in/Out:
01:30:28:00 / 01:31:20:00
Canister:
53/98
Film ID:
132.13
Issue Date:
21/12/1953

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