Cyphers 1941

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No title - cyphers.

Location of events unknown.

M/S of young woman pretending to be a spy smoking a cigarette. M/S as she leans over an older man who is writing at a desk, she pulls orders out of his pocket without him noticing and puts them in her garter. M/S as her accomplice holds...

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Data

Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
43137
Sort Number:
NSP 255
Time in/Out:
01:38:38:00 / 01:41:43:00
Canister:
NSP 255
Film ID:
1300.24
Issue Date:
20/02/1941

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