"Hello Girls" Of Chinatown 1929

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"Chinatown, San Francisco, has the quaintest Telephone Exchange so far - " reads an intertitle.

Low angle shot of a pagoda style building, the camera pans down to the entrance. Two men stand in the doorway, another man comes out of the building. Interior of the building. Backs of five telephone...

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Cataloguer:
Jenny
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
15064
Sort Number:
EP 107
Time in/Out:
01:26:24:00 / 01:27:43:00
Canister:
EP 107
Film ID:
884.12
Issue Date:
07/02/1929

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