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The Roller-Blind Car! 1931
Description
Introductory intertitle reads: "Here's a new development of the sunshine-saloon type of vehicle - the roller-blind car."
C/U of the top of a car being put down. Hard to see at first what it is, but then we see the car revealed. C/U of man pressing the lever which will raise and lower the roof....
Data
- Cataloguer:
- Jenny
- Stock:
- Black & White
- Sound:
- Mute
- Media URN:
- 16957
- Sort Number:
- EP 165
- Time in/Out:
- 01:58:02:00 / 01:59:07:00
- Canister:
- EP 165
- Film ID:
- 956.28
- Issue Date:
- 12/01/1931
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