Penthouse Suite 1953

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Penthouse Suite, the Dorchester Hotel.

L/S Dorchester Hotel - tilt up to roof. M/S Designer (Oliver Messel) of suite sitting in roof gardens with models - man (probably plaster) walks over and discusses models with him. M/S and C/U The Model showing garden and fountain. M/S Man walks away....

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Data

Cataloguer:
Howard
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
51385
Sort Number:
NP 464
Time in/Out:
01:44:45:00 / 01:46:57:00
Canister:
NP 464
Film ID:
1601.24
Issue Date:
03/08/1953

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