Coffee House 1955

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"El Cubano" Coffee House, Brompton Road, Kensington, London.

Over various shots of the interior of the El Cubano, the narrator states that Coffee Houses are having a new vogue throughout the country. He tells of the cosmopolitan staffing of these new cafes and the modern decor. Nice "samba"...

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Data

Cataloguer:
Jenny
Stock:
Colour
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
15487
Sort Number:
CP 004
Time in/Out:
01:42:54:00 / 01:45:39:00
Canister:
CP 004
Film ID:
25.21
Issue Date:
24/01/1955

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