Mixed Babies 1931

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"The whole world over - babies, but furry ones - "

C/U of a mother cat with her kittens. Various shots of cute kittens including kittens getting milk all over their fur as they try and lap it up from a saucer. "Curiosity may have killed the cat, but never a monkey." A monkey investigates a...

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Cataloguer:
Jenny
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
16747
Sort Number:
EP 243
Time in/Out:
01:48:18:00 / 01:50:14:00
Canister:
EP 214
Film ID:
940.23
Issue Date:
28/05/1931

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