Myrtle's Millions Part 13 1949

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Full title reads: "Myrtle's Millions Part 13".

A short trailer film encouraging people to save through the Post Office Saving Scheme.

The trailer is made in the style of an old style silent melodrama - film.

Myrtle arrives in a garden and finds her aged father digging a big...

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Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
46477
Sort Number:
49/086
Time in/Out:
01:52:24:00 / 01:53:21:00
Canister:
49/86
Film ID:
1425.34
Issue Date:
27/10/1949

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