Rolling Along 1930

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Description

Introductory intertitle reads: "America isn't the only place where they have funny contests - in Central Europe they hold a cigarette rolling championship!"

M/S of a large room where contestants sit at tables rolling cigarettes. Three women are seen in the foreground, other men and women sit...

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Data

Cataloguer:
Jenny
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
36411
Sort Number:
EP 151
Time in/Out:
01:22:36:00 / 01:23:37:00
Canister:
EP 151
Film ID:
898.13
Issue Date:
30/06/1930

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