Norman Long 1936

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Item title reads - Now Pathetone has pleasure in presenting a joke - a smile - a piano and Norman Long the popular variety and broadcasting star.

London (probably Pathe studios).

M/S as Norman Long sits at a piano and sings a comic song about an old London bus conductor.

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Data

Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
39530
Sort Number:
PT 331
Time in/Out:
01:29:07:00 / 01:32:50:00
Canister:
PT 331
Film ID:
1136.15
Issue Date:
27/07/1936

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