Camera Interviews - Davy Burnaby The Famous… 1928

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"Allow us, Ladies and Gentlemen, to introduce - " M/S of a rooftop - a man emerges from a trapdoor in the roof. He is quite a large man and makes a meal out of hauling himself onto the roof. "Yes, this is Mr Burnaby and his job at the time of filming was fixing an aerial."

M/S of Davy Burnaby...

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Cataloguer:
Jenny
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
38471
Sort Number:
EP 313
Time in/Out:
01:41:43:00 / 01:44:45:00
Canister:
EP 313
Film ID:
1102.19
Issue Date:
04/10/1928

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