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Astra Gazette No 3 - Part 2 1956
Description
Astra Gazette - part 2 (see separate record for part 1).
Intertitle: "Tame Lion".
Various shots of owner of Southport Zoo, Mrs Helen Farrar, playing in garden with her pet lion Rajah, Lancashire. This section is identical to story in Colour Pictorial issue CP 071 from 07/05/1956,...
Data
- Cataloguer:
- Amelia
- Stock:
- Colour
- Sound:
- Sound
- Media URN:
- 90730
- Sort Number:
- Astra Gazette Number 3 (DOCS)
- Time in/Out:
- 01:38:38:00 / 01:43:49:00
- Canister:
- Astra Gazette Number 3 (DOCS)
- Film ID:
- 3256.04
- Issue Date:
- 1956
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