Barless Cage 1950

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Barless cage at Bristol Zoo.

C/U Father and son in crowd. C/U girl in crowd. C/U man with camera in crowd. C/U couple in crowd. M/S crowd. M/S barless cage, crowd in foreground. M/S leopard prowling in barless cage. C/U leopard, crowd in background looking through glass. C/U pan crowd. C/U...

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Data

Cataloguer:
Howard
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
34505
Sort Number:
NP 318
Time in/Out:
01:23:34:00 / 01:24:11:00
Canister:
NP 318
Film ID:
1281.15
Issue Date:
16/10/1950

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