Strong Men & Performing Dogs 1949

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STRONG MEN & PERFORMING DOGS

Title Reads: "Lustiges Panoptikum"

MS: Extremely tall man exits shops and shakes hand of extremely short man. Pan to tall man trying to get into a car. A man behind him tries to push him in...

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Cataloguer:
Virginia
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
68427
Sort Number:
UN 2333 J
Time in/Out:
01:49:35:00 / 01:51:37:00
Canister:
UN 2333 J
Film ID:
2543.27
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