Budgies Beauty Parlour 1958

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Slough, Berkshire (was Buckinghamshire).

C/U of a hand holding a cobalt budgie, it is being cleaned with a cotton bud. C/U of the face of 66 year old Captain Bill Moody who is grooming the bird. C/U of the budgie in the foreground, Bill is washing it with soapy water and a toothbrush. C/U of...

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Colour
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
2464
Sort Number:
CP 192
Time in/Out:
01:17:12:00 / 01:18:45:00
Canister:
CP 192
Film ID:
79.08
Issue Date:
01/09/1958

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