Platypus Jr. Makes Bow 1946

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Unused / unissued material. - Location and dates unknown / unclear.

Full title reads: "Platypus Jr. Makes Bow". Universal Newsreel item.

Australia.

Various shots of pair of Duck Billed Platypuses with their new baby in Zoo.

Data

Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
61169
Sort Number:
UN 0911 A
Time in/Out:
01:52:56:00 / 01:53:55:00
Canister:
UN 911 A
Film ID:
1897.33
Issue Date:

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