The Buffer Belt - A Paris Novelty 1926

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THIS DIGIBETA VERSION HAS BEEN MADE FROM THE PRINT - VERSION ON TAPE *PM0852* WILL PROBABLY BE BETTER QUALITY AS TAKEN FROM THE NEGATIVE.

Intertitle reads: "Every day in every way Continental dances get closer and closer, so the Paris Eves have just started "Buffer States" of their own".

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Cataloguer:
Jenny
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
36712
Sort Number:
EP 055
Time in/Out:
01:26:23:00 / 01:27:02:00
Canister:
EP 055
Film ID:
1010.14
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