Shadows 1941

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Shadows.

Various shots in shadow / silhouette of gun, hands, knife dripping blood. A hooded terror stabs someone in the back. The lights come on and the man takes his hood off, winks and shows the knife bends and the 'blood' was water in a cloth, he shrugs. A shadow show is played out against...

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Data

Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
43466
Sort Number:
NSP 289
Time in/Out:
01:20:51:00 / 01:22:58:00
Canister:
NSP 289
Film ID:
1312.11
Issue Date:
13/10/1941

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