Gay Nineties Ball 1929

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Gay Nineties Ball. Location of events unknown but possibly a club in London.

Note: With sound. People in old fashioned fancy dress in ballroom; at back; w/ space in front.

MS of large man with moustache introducing a singer; who comes out and sings 'Who broke the bank at Monte Carlo',...

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Cataloguer:
Cheri
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
75267
Sort Number:
ON 225 E
Time in/Out:
01:09:17:00 / 01:21:42:00
Canister:
ON 225 E
Film ID:
2346.08
Issue Date:
1929

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