Puppets 1940

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Description

Puppets.

Newquay, Cornwall.

Mr Robert Whiting is seen making a puppet of Charles Laughton. Greta Garbo, Wallace Beery, Aubrey Smith and other personality puppets perform.

Data

Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
42949
Sort Number:
NSP 221
Time in/Out:
01:45:45:00 / 01:47:49:00
Canister:
NSP 221
Film ID:
1290.27
Issue Date:
27/06/1940

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