Indian Museum 1959

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Commonwealth Institute, London.

L/S of children approaching a setting with three Indian figures, two men and a woman holding a baby. C/U shot of the Indian men, camera pans to a woman with baby. They all have traditional clothes on. One of the men from the set moves, and joins the children....

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Data

Cataloguer:
Sanja
Stock:
Colour
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
1397
Sort Number:
CP 220
Time in/Out:
01:19:10:00 / 01:21:30:00
Canister:
CP 220
Film ID:
87.08
Issue Date:
16/03/1959

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