Can You Guess? 1924

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A cinematic guessing game.

Intertitle reads: : "Here's a strange looking object .... try your skill and guess what it is ....." Top shot of a large circular area with lots of people moving around on it. Intertitle informs that it is a gasometer bottom - the largest in the world - with 233...

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Data

Cataloguer:
Jenny
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
14560
Sort Number:
EP 037
Time in/Out:
01:09:13:00 / 01:10:54:00
Canister:
EP 037
Film ID:
842.06
Issue Date:

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