Florence De Jong 1939

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M/S of an unidentified man with glasses introducing Florence de Jong. He puts the needle of a record player onto a record and we see Florence superimposed on the spinning gramophone (probably from a later compilation).

Various shots of Florence, in a bejewelled jacket over...

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Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
40756
Sort Number:
PT 467
Time in/Out:
01:16:53:00 / 01:20:27:00
Canister:
PT 467
Film ID:
1184.10
Issue Date:
06/03/1939

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