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Musical Boxes 1938
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Mr A. J. A. Symons surrounded by musical boxes of various sizes making strange noise. Succession of shots of various boxes from the smallest to the largest. Several close up shots showing the mechanisms.
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- Cataloguer:
- Sanja
- Stock:
- Black & White
- Sound:
- Sound
- Media URN:
- 42305
- Sort Number:
- NSP 109
- Time in/Out:
- 01:26:36:00 / 01:29:25:00
- Canister:
- NSP 109
- Film ID:
- 1254.21
- Issue Date:
- 28/04/1938
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A J A Symons seen here was a keen collector of Victoriana, especially musical boxes. He died in 1941, at the age of just 41.