The Crisis 1931

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Description

Title missing - issue sheet reads: "The Crisis. Mr. Baldwin's 'screen broadcast' to the Nation."

Shots of Stanley Baldwin speaking from behind a desk - sadly mute.

Data

Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
12683
Sort Number:
31/072
Time in/Out:
01:45:51:00 / 01:49:38:00
Canister:
31/72
Film ID:
865.30
Issue Date:
07/09/1931

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