Handcuffs - And How To Get Rid Of Them 1925

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Intertitle reads: "Probably you have all wondered how the "trick" man releases himself from handcuffs which only many turns of the key can loosen..."

C/U of a man's hands in handcuffs. Another man puts a key into the lock and turns it. The handcuffs are then loosened. "Yet there is a way -...

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Cataloguer:
Jenny
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
14849
Sort Number:
EP 078
Time in/Out:
01:21:54:00 / 01:23:58:00
Canister:
EP 078
Film ID:
866.12
Issue Date:
16/02/1925

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