Antique Musical Boxes 1958

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Paddington, London.

L/S of restorer Samuel Sunley sat at a table working on a musical box, there are several other boxes on the table, various shots as he brushes and adjusts the mechanism. He turns a lever and the musical box starts up, M/S of the box which has a drum and bells in the middle...

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Colour
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
1333
Sort Number:
CP 200
Time in/Out:
01:21:51:00 / 01:23:26:00
Canister:
CP 200
Film ID:
81.10
Issue Date:
27/10/1958

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