High Speed Steppers 1934

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Titles read: "NOW Pathe Pictorial presents - High-speed Steppers! Meet the "TURNER TWINS", whose speciality is ultra-fast footwork."

Pathe Studio, London.

Various shots of the Turner Twins, two girls in frilly short outfits, doing a fast tap dance routine to '42nd Street'.

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Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
51867
Sort Number:
PSP 832
Time in/Out:
01:29:22:00 / 01:30:40:00
Canister:
PSP 832
Film ID:
1626.19
Issue Date:
15/03/1934

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