Spring Cleaning Tussauds 1949

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Madame Tussauds' Wax Work Museum, London.

C/U wax model Adolf Hitler, some hands reach around the neck as if to strangle him, instead his head is removed.

Various shots model of comic actor Danny Kaye being dusted and having shoes polished.

C/U female attendant with re-tying...

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Data

Cataloguer:
Amelia
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
44907
Sort Number:
NP 248
Time in/Out:
01:23:48:00 / 01:25:03:00
Canister:
NP 248
Film ID:
1371.15
Issue Date:
13/06/1949

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