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"Smash ... But Impossible To Grab"! 1932
Description
Full title reads: "London. 'Smash ... but impossible to grab'! New safety device successfully demonstrated in the West End."
London.
A car draws up in a London street. A gentleman in a bowler hat gets out and walks towards a shop window. People are gathered to watch him.
As...
Data
- Cataloguer:
- Mark
- Stock:
- Black & White
- Sound:
- Sound
- Media URN:
- 5069
- Sort Number:
- 32/051
- Time in/Out:
- 01:09:07:00 / 01:10:05:00
- Canister:
- 32/51
- Film ID:
- 679.08
- Issue Date:
- 27/06/1932
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