Lions! 1932

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"There's a lesson in this picture - keep close to the trainer when you're in his lion house!" M/S of two men, one is presumably a lion tamer. They are standing in the lion's enclosure. He is explaining to another man how a wooden board facilitates the lions coming out of their cage into the enclosure....

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Cataloguer:
Jenny
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
51026
Sort Number:
PSP 718
Time in/Out:
01:57:22:00 / 01:58:36:00
Canister:
PSP 718
Film ID:
1584.30
Issue Date:
07/01/1932

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