"On The Air" Waves 1933

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Description

Titles read: '"On the air" waves - Radio wrinkles'.

Various locations of events.

In Paris, France, we see various shots of a man wearing a straw boater with a radio set on it trying to board a tram and standing in the street, adjusting his dial to receive music.

We then see...

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Data

Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
51708
Sort Number:
PSP 811
Time in/Out:
01:25:08:00 / 01:27:28:00
Canister:
PSP 811
Film ID:
1616.16
Issue Date:
19/10/1933

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