London And Whipsnade 1938

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Item title reads - London and Whipsnade.

Tiger cubs at the zoos. London and Bedfordshire.

M/S as a man opens a wicker basket, two tiger cubs look out of it. A piglet goes up to have a look at them but one cub bats it away. M/S of the three cubs sitting or standing, a girl turns one...

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
17868
Sort Number:
38/070
Time in/Out:
01:16:55:00 / 01:17:42:00
Canister:
38/70
Film ID:
979.20
Issue Date:
01/09/1938

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