Gravity 1939

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No title - Gravity.

Location of events unknown.

M/S of a man sat at his kitchen table reading a paper and pouring tea. M/S as the tea spills on the cloth because he is not concentrating. A maid comes in carrying a tray with a boiled egg on it. M/S as she trips and spills it, M/S of...

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
42589
Sort Number:
NSP 158
Time in/Out:
01:46:33:00 / 01:49:31:00
Canister:
NSP 158
Film ID:
1270.26
Issue Date:
06/04/1939

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