Cyril Fletcher Issue Title Is Hands Wanted 1939

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Part of HANDS WANTED issue.

Pathe Studios, London.

Underwater shot of a deep-sea diver. M/S of actress dressed as a mermaid canoodling with the diver.

Various shots of Cyril Fletcher telling comic story in rhymes about a boatman named Joe who finds a mermaid on the beach....

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Cataloguer:
Amelia
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
42756
Sort Number:
NSP 187
Time in/Out:
01:38:56:00 / 01:41:00:00
Canister:
NSP 187
Film ID:
1280.22
Issue Date:
02/11/1939

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