Before History 1933

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Chicago World's Fair, Illinois, United States of America.

"Now we're taking you back to the dim dawn of the world - for a glimpse of life millions of years ago."

Fantastic moving display of dinosaur models. They are pretty cranky but excellent. The dinosaurs move and make dinosaur...

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Cataloguer:
Jenny
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
51631
Sort Number:
PSP 797
Time in/Out:
01:00:19:00 / 01:01:31:00
Canister:
PSP 797
Film ID:
1612.01
Issue Date:
13/07/1933

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