Silhouette Pictures 1931

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Full titles read: "Silhouette pictures". (new title) "Silhouette pictures are older than any photo - but they are just as fascinating. Here are some brief, but cutting remarks on the art by Robert Easton, ----- ." (title obscured by timecode.)

London (probably Pathe Studio).

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Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
36871
Sort Number:
PT 041
Time in/Out:
01:42:13:00 / 01:45:24:00
Canister:
PT 041
Film ID:
1022.21
Issue Date:
05/01/1931

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