Film Fanfare - No 12 - Section 5 1956

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Film Fanfare 12 - Section 5.

Introduced by Paul Carpenter.

David Farrar shows us around his home. He introduces us to his daughter and a very frail gardener.

Tonia Berns (?) sings 'Autumn Leaves'.

Data

Cataloguer:
Ron
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
82413
Sort Number:
DOCS
Time in/Out:
01:26:00:00 / 01:35:42:00
Canister:
DOCS
Film ID:
2819.03
Issue Date:
1956

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  • "Tonia Berns (?)" - not quite, it's Tonia Bern, (she later married World Land Speed Record-holder Donald Campbell). Her name also needs changing in tags.

    jamied 15th Jan 2013

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