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Holy Firewalkers 1928
Description
Full titles read: '"HOLY" FIREWALKERS! (First and Exclusive Pictures) - 2 white men and many Hindus, rendered immune to physical pain by spiritual fervour, cross carpet of burning charcoal unhurt.'
Pietermaritzburg, South Africa.
M/S of several men raking over an area of hot coals...
Data
- Cataloguer:
- Sarah
- Stock:
- Black & White
- Sound:
- Silent
- Media URN:
- 34862
- Sort Number:
- G 1509
- Time in/Out:
- 01:13:35:00 / 01:14:29:00
- Canister:
- G 1509
- Film ID:
- 730.09
- Issue Date:
- 07/06/1928
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