Chester Tunis AKA Tunes On Bottles Issue… 1938

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Part of HEADS AND TAILS issue.

Pathe Studios, London.

M/S of Chester Tunis getting empty beer, wine and other bottles out of a cupboard. He lines them up on a kitchen table and then plays a tune by xylophone hammers. He plays Shirley Temple number, probably titled 'In Port Again'....

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Cataloguer:
Amelia
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
42443
Sort Number:
NSP 134
Time in/Out:
01:34:29:00 / 01:36:00:00
Canister:
NSP 134
Film ID:
1262.24
Issue Date:
20/10/1938

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