Henry VIII Model AKA Model Film Stars Issue… 1938

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Part of RIDE 'EM COWBOY issue.

Pathe Studios, London.

Various shots of "actor artist" Harold Melville making models of famous and historical personalities from household odds and ends such as cotton reels, plastic wood, curtain rings and pipe cleaners. We see him making a model of...

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Cataloguer:
Amelia
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
42449
Sort Number:
NSP 135
Time in/Out:
01:44:45:00 / 01:46:03:00
Canister:
NSP 135
Film ID:
1262.30
Issue Date:
27/10/1938

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