Paper Dress Fisher AKA Newspaper Suit 1937

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Various shots of a man standing on the beach angling. He is dressed in newspapers - presumably to keep warm. He is casting his line into the sea. He reels in his line but it is not clear what he caught.

Data

Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
41866
Sort Number:
NSP 047
Time in/Out:
01:05:48:00 / 01:06:02:00
Canister:
NSP 47
Film ID:
1234.06
Issue Date:
18/02/1937

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