An Elstree Or Hollywood For Japan? 1931

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Full title reads: "Elstree. An Elstree or Hollywood for Japan? The Japanese Ambassador spends crowded day visiting B.I.P. Studios."

Elstree Studios, Boreham Wood, Hertfordshire.

The Japanese ambassador and other guests visit the British International Pictures (BIP) film studio. The...

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Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
6210
Sort Number:
31/015
Time in/Out:
01:12:45:00 / 01:13:40:00
Canister:
31/15
Film ID:
709.10
Issue Date:
19/02/1931

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