Robot Boy 1967

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Horsham, West Sussex.

Several shots show a home-made 'Robot Boy' and a Dalek in a suburban back garden. The maker, Victor Sherlock, sits with some young boys on the back doorstep; one of the boys is sitting inside a model spaceship. The robot is apparently worked by remote control; Victor sits...

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Data

Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Colour
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
4241
Sort Number:
CP 648
Time in/Out:
01:49:34:00 / 01:51:11:00
Canister:
CP 648
Film ID:
409.08
Issue Date:
25/05/1967

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