Man With Balloons 1937

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Shots of a man walking along a street with balloons attached to a stick. He is stopped by a group of boys who have the balloons from him. They appear to be exchanging a bottle full of air for a balloon. Nice CU of boys face when they get their balloons. It may be that he will...

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Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
41870
Sort Number:
NSP 048
Time in/Out:
01:11:47:00 / 01:12:06:00
Canister:
NSP 48
Film ID:
1234.10
Issue Date:
25/02/1937

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