Donald Peers 1949

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Description

Kingston, Surrey.

Various shots of singer Donald Peers sitting in garden of his Surrey home playing ukulele and singing while his wife and daughter work on the plants in the garden.

Data

Cataloguer:
Sanja
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
34306
Sort Number:
NP 263
Time in/Out:
01:22:12:00 / 01:23:22:00
Canister:
NP 263
Film ID:
1269.16
Issue Date:
26/09/1949

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