The Lens 1941

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No title - The lens.

Probably filmed at Pathe studios, London.

Various shots of camera lenses through the ages including cameras shaped like a rifle and binoculars. M/S of two young women in their bathing suits, one is filming behind a movie camera whilst the other is shouting instructions...

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Data

Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
43304
Sort Number:
NSP 274
Time in/Out:
01:47:37:00 / 01:50:20:00
Canister:
NSP 274
Film ID:
1306.23
Issue Date:
03/07/1941

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