Longest Telephone Call In The World! 1931

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Full title reads: "London to Sydney - Sydney to London. Longest Telephone Call In The World! See and hear Lord Mayor of London actually holding conversation with the Lord Mayor of Sydney - a World record - and an all-British triumph!"

Introductory intertitle reads: "By courtesy of and arrangement...

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Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
12797
Sort Number:
31/095
Time in/Out:
01:13:53:00 / 01:16:59:00
Canister:
31/95
Film ID:
873.11
Issue Date:
26/11/1931

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