The Bigger The Noise, The Bigger The Welcome! 1928

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Full titles read: "The bigger the noise... the bigger the welcome! - and the Native Warriors put it "all in", in their dance of welcome to Miss Sybil Thorndyke [sic]."

South Africa.

M/S of lines of African men in striped tops playing xylophones; M/S of African men in the same costumes...

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Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
35004
Sort Number:
G 1528
Time in/Out:
01:20:10:00 / 01:21:55:00
Canister:
G 1528
Film ID:
738.09
Issue Date:
13/08/1928

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