Half And Half - Some Queer "Shots" 1930

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"The other day Eve cast a glance at New York in 1920, and somehow things seemed a bit queer - "

High angle shot of a New York street - the film is sped up so that traffic and pedestrians seem to rush around really quickly. A street level shot of people crossing a street is slowed, stopped,...

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Cataloguer:
Jenny
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
16503
Sort Number:
EP 194
Time in/Out:
01:11:48:00 / 01:13:48:00
Canister:
EP 194
Film ID:
922.07
Issue Date:
07/08/1930

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