Caught By The Camera No. 31 1935

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Note: Location of events are unknown.

Full titles read: "CAUGHT BY THE CAMERA"

L/S of a car pulling up in the middle of the countryside. Two young women climb out and look up at the rather cloudy looking sky. The commentator explains that due to the unpredictability of the English...

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Data

Cataloguer:
Howard
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
38882
Sort Number:
PT 266
Time in/Out:
01:13:23:00 / 01:15:03:00
Canister:
PT 266
Film ID:
1116.08
Issue Date:
29/04/1935

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