The Fatal Fingerprint 1934

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Titles read: "The Fatal Fingerprint!"

Location of events unknown.

Various shots show a man having his fingerprints taken when he arrives at a prison. A man studies the prints with an eyeglass then compares them with some others from a file, using the fingerprints to trace the prisoner's...

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Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
38699
Sort Number:
PT 233
Time in/Out:
01:17:16:00 / 01:18:46:00
Canister:
PT 233
Film ID:
1104.10
Issue Date:
10/09/1934

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