Fabric Story 1957

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London.

Panning shot of a white curtain with blue ellipsoid spots. Piece of the same fabric moves across the curtain until girl's face appears. The girl is wearing high collar housecoat made of same fabric as the curtain. While she was turning to the camera, collar moved across the curtain....

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Data

Cataloguer:
Sanja
Stock:
Colour
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
1261
Sort Number:
CP 118
Time in/Out:
01:42:01:00 / 01:44:07:00
Canister:
CP 118
Film ID:
59.17
Issue Date:
01/04/1957

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