Astra Gazette No 5 1950-1955

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The Royal Airforce Cinema Corporation presents:

ASTRA GAZETTE NO 5

Intertitle reads: THEATRE MASKS
Inside a London theatrical makers 'Theatre Zoo', a man trying on different rubber masks: a crocodile, a man with a moustache and Stan Laurel (from Laurel & Hardy). The mask maker...

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Cataloguer:
Virginia
Stock:
Colour
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
90745
Sort Number:
DOCS
Time in/Out:
01:00:05:00 / 01:09:23:00
Canister:
DOCS
Film ID:
3257.01
Issue Date:
1950 - 1955

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