BBC Symphony Orchestra 1932

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Full titles read: "The New Empire Review, now present the first pictures of the, BBC [British Broadcasting Corporation] Orchestra (Leader Arthur Catterall) Conducted by Adrian Boult."

Intertitle reads: "Millions of listeners have heard this famous Orchestra - here it is on the screen - (filmed...

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Cataloguer:
Howard
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
37365
Sort Number:
PT 144
Time in/Out:
01:36:56:00 / 01:39:44:00
Canister:
PT 144
Film ID:
1068.20
Issue Date:
26/12/1932

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