Hula Hoop Elephants 1959

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Ascot, Berkshire.

Billy Smart's Circus.

M/S silver shoes and legs of platinum blond Penny Smart, dressed in tiny short stage skirt and red majorette style show jacket as she hula hoops. She's not the only one; Monja, the elephant can too. M/S of the elephant as she steps into a hoop,...

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Data

Cataloguer:
Margaret
Stock:
Colour
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
1484
Sort Number:
CP 211
Time in/Out:
01:08:33:00 / 01:09:41:00
Canister:
CP 211
Film ID:
85.08
Issue Date:
12/01/1959

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