Attraction Magnets 1941

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No title - attraction magnets.

Probably filmed at Pathe studios, London.

M/S of a girl dressed as a French maid playing with a large magnet, a 'professor' takes it away from her. M/S as he talks, he looks to be explaining how it works, the maid brings in a tray and the magnet picks...

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Data

Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
43115
Sort Number:
NSP 251
Time in/Out:
01:01:41:00 / 01:04:38:00
Canister:
NSP 251
Film ID:
1300.02
Issue Date:
23/01/1941

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