Konstantinoff 1946

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Titles read: "KONSTANTINOFF".

Probably filmed in Pathe Studio, London.

Various shots of composer Konstantinoff playing the grand piano in a set of a room in a house. Commentator says the piece he is playing was inspired by his time as a refugee, wandering across Europe.

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Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
45517
Sort Number:
NP 108
Time in/Out:
01:33:41:00 / 01:35:19:00
Canister:
NP 108
Film ID:
1396.20
Issue Date:
07/10/1946

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