"Smash ... But Impossible To Grab"! 1932

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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.

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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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