Robert Wilson Issue Title Antipodes Calling 1938

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Robert Wilson. Part of ANTIPODES CALLING issue.

Pathe Studios, London.

Tenor opera singer, Robert Wilson, performs traditional sounding love song, "Passing By". He is dressed in a kilt, the set is dressed to look like a posh drawing room. His performance is intercut with shots of...

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Cataloguer:
Amelia
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
42425
Sort Number:
NSP 136
Time in/Out:
01:07:33:00 / 01:09:54:00
Canister:
NSP 136
Film ID:
1262.06
Issue Date:
03/11/1938

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