The Skeleton In The Cupboard Save 1943

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Title reads: "Government Official Film" - Short trailer film

THE SKELETON IN THE CUPBOARD SAVE

Cartoon animation. WS A skeleton outside a Brewery near Chalfont St Giles. The skeleton sits alone on a barrel and looks around for people to scare. He jumps into a beer barrel but it's empty....

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Cataloguer:
Virginia
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
84045
Sort Number:
43/100 (TRAILERS)
Time in/Out:
01:52:34:00 / 01:54:07:00
Canister:
43/100 (TRAILERS)
Film ID:
2911.20
Issue Date:
16/12/1943

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