Card Curiosities 1944

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A business desk diary is seen in C/U. The pages are flicked through to show the dates. Narrator informs us that the leaves of a calendar are represented by a pack of cards.

Over shots of cards being shuffled, dealt and arranged in hands the narrator tells us how 52 cards represent 52 weeks...

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Cataloguer:
Jenny
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
42913
Sort Number:
NP 024
Time in/Out:
01:40:07:00 / 01:40:48:00
Canister:
NP 24
Film ID:
1289.15
Issue Date:
26/02/1944

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