Robert Ashley 1940

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Item title reads - Robert Ashley.

Probably filmed in Pathe studios, London.

M/S of neon signs in London. Various shots of Buckingham Palace, Tower of London, Piccadilly Circus, County Hall, Westminster Abbey etc. as Robert Ashley sings the "Lights of London" in the studio.

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
42842
Sort Number:
NSP 204
Time in/Out:
01:16:07:00 / 01:19:02:00
Canister:
NSP 204
Film ID:
1286.14
Issue Date:
29/02/1940

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