The Naked - Truth 1937

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Item title reads - 'The Naked Truth' Chelsea Arts Ball at the Albert Hall.

London.

L/S of hundreds of students in the Hall, the theme is 'naked truth' M/S's of the guests in their costumes. They run about, various shots of the floats, one has girls adorning a pillar, they climb down...

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
13280
Sort Number:
37/001
Time in/Out:
01:30:38:00 / 01:31:58:00
Canister:
37/1
Film ID:
903.13
Issue Date:
04/01/1937

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