Bob & Alf Pearson 1938

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Titles read: "Pathetone now has pleasure in presenting - The Radio and Variety Entertainers - BOB & ALF PEARSON - in one of their popular numbers."

London (probably Pathe Studio).

Various shots of Bob and Alf Pearson singing the jaunty Irish song 'The Pride of Tipperary', intercut...

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Data

Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
40310
Sort Number:
PT 419
Time in/Out:
01:56:01:00 / 01:58:28:00
Canister:
PT 419
Film ID:
1166.29
Issue Date:
04/04/1938

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