Crossing The Line 1964

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Various shots of a cruise ship and the crew going about their business. One officer looks through binoculars, we then see him dressed up in a sheet with mud smeared on his face, we see other members of the crew getting dressed up putting on grass skirts make up and wigs. The narrator explains they are...

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Colour
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
3560
Sort Number:
CP 504
Time in/Out:
01:48:10:00 / 01:50:36:00
Canister:
CP 504
Film ID:
287.07
Issue Date:
23/08/1964

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