Midget And Monster 1948

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Full title reads: "MIDGET AND MONSTER".

Model Engineering Exhibition at Horticultural Hall, Westminster, London.
Small boy looking at model engines. Close up shot of a woman wearing hat and glasses, pan to model engine. Hand showing miniature marine turbine engine. Close up shot of elderly...

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Cataloguer:
Sanja
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
46818
Sort Number:
48/068
Time in/Out:
01:05:31:00 / 01:06:44:00
Canister:
48/68
Film ID:
1436.04
Issue Date:
23/08/1948

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