Crazy House 1951

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Crazy house.

Inventor and acrobats. London.

M/S of Brenda from the Wallaby trapeze troupe stood on the roof, she ties a knot in a rope and throws it down into the attic bedroom below. C/U of feet waving in the air, M/S of the women standing on their heads. M/S as Brenda climbs into...

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Data

Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
44667
Sort Number:
NP 351
Time in/Out:
01:45:00:00 / 01:47:19:00
Canister:
NP 351
Film ID:
1357.27
Issue Date:
04/06/1951

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