Jack "Legs" Diamond - Mute Version 1931

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Full title reads: "New York City. Jack 'Legs' Diamond. Gang "Ace" whom somebody 'trumped' with five bullets, leaves hospital after amazing recovery.

New York, United States of America.

Gangster Jack 'Legs' Diamond leaves Welfare Island prison hospital to return home to New York. He...

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Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
8678
Sort Number:
31/006
Time in/Out:
01:35:41:00 / 01:36:08:00
Canister:
31/6
Film ID:
761.22
Issue Date:
19/01/1931

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