Norman Allin 1938

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Description

Studio.

Great British bass Norman Allin singing "A Sergeant of the Line". Images of the army life with a man in sergeant uniform doing his duties dissolve into image of Norman Allin singing in the studio several times.

Data

Cataloguer:
Sanja
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
42318
Sort Number:
NSP 111
Time in/Out:
01:51:00:00 / 01:54:19:00
Canister:
NSP 111
Film ID:
1254.34
Issue Date:
12/05/1938

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