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Meet The Super Schoolboy 1929
Description
Unknown location for the events in this item.
Full titles read: "MEET THE SUPER SCHOOLBOY - 16 year-old Wilber Huston wins National scholarship search for Edison's successor."
M/S and C/U of the spectacle wearing 'Super Schoolboy' Wilber Huston (he looks like a bit of a geek !). M/S...
Data
- Cataloguer:
- Howard
- Stock:
- Black & White
- Sound:
- Silent
- Media URN:
- 36075
- Sort Number:
- G 1634
- Time in/Out:
- 01:47:35:00 / 01:48:14:00
- Canister:
- G 1634
- Film ID:
- 798.30
- Issue Date:
- 19/08/1929
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