Harry Kahne 1938

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Harry Kahne, mental marvel shows the audience that it is possible to mentally engage in several things at the same time.

He writes the alphabet on a blackboard - up side down and backwards - while reciting it from the beginning. Then he writes a quotation from a book- upside down again - while...

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Cataloguer:
Sanja
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
42511
Sort Number:
NSP 144
Time in/Out:
01:37:50:00 / 01:41:30:00
Canister:
NSP 144
Film ID:
1266.22
Issue Date:
29/12/1938

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