Cleaning Up A King 1932

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Full title reads: "Cleaning Up A King - Workmen on mammoth statue of King Victor Emmanuel, need nerve and muscle - as much as dusters!"

L/S of Statue of Victor Emmanuel II in Rome, Italy. Side angle shot of statue. Workmen sit on parts of the statue to clean it. They are dwarfed by the scale...

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Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
4655
Sort Number:
32/001
Time in/Out:
01:05:02:00 / 01:06:12:00
Canister:
32/1
Film ID:
645.04
Issue Date:
04/01/1932

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