The Boy Who Sang Before Their Majesties… 1932

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Visuals only - soundtrack decomposed and junked 9/11/1999.

Introductory intertitle reads: "A few weeks ago, Iwan, a London Choir School pupil, and a chorister in All Souls Church, London, was almost unknown." Second intertitle reads: "Then came a request for him to appear before their Majesties...

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Data

Cataloguer:
Jenny
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
51123
Sort Number:
PSP 728
Time in/Out:
01:09:57:00 / 01:12:50:00
Canister:
PSP 728
Film ID:
1588.05
Issue Date:
17/03/1932

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