Shashi The Baby Elephant's Birthday 1959

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Salisbury, Rhodesia (now Harare, Zimbabwe)

SHASHI THE BABY ELEPHANT'S BIRTHDAY

Title: "A young Rhodesian celebrates". GV. Crowd gathered in Salisbury, as Shashi a baby elephant with Boswell's Circus arrives. CU. Children gathered around baby elephant. MS. Children riding baby elephant....

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Cataloguer:
Virginia
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
81127
Sort Number:
UN 3274 A
Time in/Out:
01:18:16:00 / 01:19:15:00
Canister:
UN 3274 A
Film ID:
2750.11
Issue Date:
1959

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