Moby Dick Whale 1955

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London Zoo.

L/S of a lion cage with people around it watching the lions. Camera pans to a long shot of Moby Dick. Moby Dick is a model of the head of the famous whale built at Elstree film studios "under guidance of experts from the National Institute of Oceanography" for the film 'Moby Dick'....

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Cataloguer:
Sanja
Stock:
Colour
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
1172
Sort Number:
CP 045
Time in/Out:
01:06:35:00 / 01:08:03:00
Canister:
CP 045
Film ID:
37.04
Issue Date:
07/11/1955

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