Restoring Monsters 1959

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Crystal Palace, London.

C/U shot of a crocodile, or a similar monster made of stone and coloured green. C/U shot of another monster's face - this one look more like a dinosaur and less like a crocodile. Voiceover says these are the monsters of prehistoric time - dinosaurs in Crystal Palace...

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Data

Cataloguer:
Sanja
Stock:
Colour
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
1475
Sort Number:
CP 236
Time in/Out:
01:52:29:00 / 01:54:29:00
Canister:
CP 236
Film ID:
91.20
Issue Date:
06/07/1959

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