Cinetopicalities In Brief No. 137 1940

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Titles read: "CINETOPICALITIES IN BRIEF".

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During an American 'drug drive' where United States of America police hunt down illegal drugs and narcotics, we see a man showing items that are used to conceal drugs. Packages, a cake of soap, a shoe heel, a shaving...

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Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
15779
Sort Number:
PT 555
Time in/Out:
01:21:18:00 / 01:22:43:00
Canister:
PT 555
Film ID:
1210.13
Issue Date:
18/11/1940

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