Cigarette Cards Issue Title - Calling All… 1937

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Story about a cigarette card exchange. Part of the CALLING ALL CARDS issue.

Chiswick, London.

Various shots of large numbers of cigarette cards begin emptied onto a desk and being sorted and classified. A woman puts cards into small filing box and puts it on a shelf.

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Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
42050
Sort Number:
NSP 073
Time in/Out:
01:20:59:00 / 01:22:35:00
Canister:
NSP 73
Film ID:
1242.16
Issue Date:
19/08/1937

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