Dumb Man Speaks Dublin Issue 1942

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Titles read: "DUMB MAN SPEAKS" (Dublin issue).

Melbourne, Australia.

Various shots of Harry Shannon in his garden with a small boy and girl (his children or grandchildren?). We are told that after a throat operation he could not speak. We see him using a device that enables him to...

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Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
43513
Sort Number:
42/002
Time in/Out:
01:19:02:00 / 01:20:34:00
Canister:
42/2 (Dublin)
Film ID:
1314.08
Issue Date:
05/01/1942

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