Findlay And Worth 1939

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No title - Findlay and Worth, dancers.

Probably filmed at Pathe studios, London.

The two ladies come on and do a tap routine. Various shots of them including camera tricks where they superimpose their feet at the side of the frame. C/U's of their feet. M/S of a new routine with new...

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
42583
Sort Number:
NSP 157
Time in/Out:
01:35:47:00 / 01:37:33:00
Canister:
NSP 157
Film ID:
1270.20
Issue Date:
30/03/1939

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