Mice On Sleeve As Nice Issue Title Is On… 1940

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Part of ON THE SPOT issue.

Sunderland, Tyne and Wear.

Alan Moore is a young man about to join the army, he needs to find a home for his 300 pet mice. Various shots of Alan pulling mice out from various pockets in his blazer. Various shots of crate full of mice. We see the mice crawling...

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Cataloguer:
Amelia
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
42877
Sort Number:
NSP 211
Time in/Out:
01:22:41:00 / 01:23:24:00
Canister:
NSP 211
Film ID:
1288.14
Issue Date:
18/04/1940

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