Immortal Voices 1936

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Item title reads - Immortal voices.

M/S of Thomas Edison stood in a garden, M/S of his workshop. M/S of part of a gramophone. M/S of people dancing to the music, M/S of a man covering up his ears, the camera pans to couples dancing to gramophone music on the floor above. C/U of the needle,...

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
39650
Sort Number:
PT 340
Time in/Out:
01:22:24:00 / 01:26:00:00
Canister:
PT 340
Film ID:
1140.12
Issue Date:
28/09/1936

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