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Cyril Fletcher Issue Title Is On The Spot 1940
Description
Part of ON THE SPOT issue.
Pathe Studios, London.
Comedian Cyril Fletcher tells tall stories and comic poetry. First story is about man getting locked out of his house without clothes on, second is about a man with a musical appendicitis scar. Cyril wears a tuxedo and has an exaggeratedly...
Data
- Cataloguer:
- Amelia
- Stock:
- Black & White
- Sound:
- Sound
- Media URN:
- 42880
- Sort Number:
- NSP 211
- Time in/Out:
- 01:26:19:00 / 01:28:43:00
- Canister:
- NSP 211
- Film ID:
- 1288.17
- Issue Date:
- 18/04/1940
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