Chimps In The Home 1957

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Hints, Staffordshire.

Three chimpanzees are kept as pets by Mrs Molly Badham and her friend Natalie Evans. The chimps are called Michelle, Heathcliffe and Lucy. They all wear clothes and are seen playing in the garden and house.

Heathcliffe drinks from a bottle and pulls faces. He...

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Cataloguer:
Jenny
Stock:
Colour
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
1448
Sort Number:
CP 126
Time in/Out:
01:36:44:00 / 01:39:10:00
Canister:
CP 126
Film ID:
61.25
Issue Date:
27/05/1957

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