Safety Lights 1928

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Description

A woman in a fur trimmed coat and hat demonstrates a novelty torch.

C/U of her unscrewing the top off an umbrella. She pulls out a metal tube and shows it to the camera. She reapplies the end of the brolly. It is presumably a torch as she points it at her front door as she turns a key in the...

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Data

Cataloguer:
Jenny
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
14985
Sort Number:
EP 098
Time in/Out:
01:01:43:00 / 01:03:15:00
Canister:
EP 098
Film ID:
878.02
Issue Date:
24/01/1928

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