Brush Salesman Issue Title Is Hoops Dearie! 1937

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Brush salesman - selling brushes from a hoop. Issue title is HOOPS DEARIE.

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Various shots of door-to-door brush salesman. We see him walking down a suburban street. He carries a hula hoop over his shoulder from which the brushes dangle. He sells some brushes...

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Cataloguer:
Amelia
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
42092
Sort Number:
NSP 079
Time in/Out:
01:29:14:00 / 01:29:33:00
Canister:
NSP 79
Film ID:
1244.21
Issue Date:
30/09/1937

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