Negro Ballet 1948

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Thought to be Selected Originals from late 1940s material.

Paris, France.

Katherine Durham's Negro Ballet performing on stage of Theatre de Paris. Ballet commences. Men jump in air, fall down on their knees and sway backwards and forwards. Girl in foreground twirls around. She also...

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Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
59835
Sort Number:
UNSO 045 B
Time in/Out:
01:18:36:00 / 01:19:57:00
Canister:
UNSO Reel 045 B
Film ID:
1524.18
Issue Date:

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