Masks 1937

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Masks. Pathe Studios, London.

Various shots of man reading book about masks. Set looks like an attic studio (possibly real and in collector's house?). Various shots of man looking at different traditional masks from all over the World. All the masks were originally featured in Duncan Melvin's...

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Cataloguer:
Amelia
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
41997
Sort Number:
NSP 061
Time in/Out:
01:00:29:00 / 01:02:39:00
Canister:
NSP 61
Film ID:
1240.03
Issue Date:
27/05/1937

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