The Prospect Before Us 1945

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Item title reads - The prospect before us.

Collapsible wardrobe. Location of events unknown.

M/S housewife in room of the house she has just moved in to, she is trying to put the curtains up. M/S as Mr Gilbert brings in what looks like a screen. She eyes it suspiciously before he folds...

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Data

Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
45246
Sort Number:
NP 049
Time in/Out:
01:38:01:00 / 01:39:21:00
Canister:
NP 49
Film ID:
1383.17
Issue Date:
20/08/1945

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