Grotesque Art 1935

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Full titles read: "GROTESQUE ART"

L/S's of people at work on the huge figures to be used in a carnival in Viareggio in Italy. C/U of one of the ugly looking figure heads. Several more shots of the papermache figures being made.

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Cataloguer:
Howard
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
38743
Sort Number:
PT 258
Time in/Out:
01:48:56:00 / 01:49:50:00
Canister:
PT 258
Film ID:
1112.26
Issue Date:
04/03/1935

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