England Exports - The Chestnut Tree 1939

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Titles read: "ENGLAND EXPORTS - THE CHESTNUT TREE".

New York, United States of America.

Various shots of Americans doing the latest dance craze to 'Underneath The Spreading Chestnut Tree' on the ballroom dance floor of a swanky New York hotel.

Data

Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
41016
Sort Number:
PT 489
Time in/Out:
01:38:26:00 / 01:39:13:00
Canister:
PT 489
Film ID:
1190.21
Issue Date:
07/08/1939

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