Millicent Phillips 1939

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No title - MILLICENT PHILLIPS sings 'On Wings of Song'. Jakob Mendelssohn.

Probably filmed at Pathe studios, London.

Various shots of an actor playing Mendelssohn sat at a desk writing 'On Wings of Song'. Various shots as Millicent Phillips sings the composition.

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
42580
Sort Number:
NSP 156
Time in/Out:
01:29:27:00 / 01:32:00:00
Canister:
NSP 156
Film ID:
1270.17
Issue Date:
23/03/1939

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