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The Tight Rope Wizard 1933
Description
Full titles read: "THE TIGHTROPE WIZARD - Just twelve years old, but already an expert 'on the wire' with an uncanny sense of balance."
L/S's of the young boy walking across a tightrope. He performs several stunts on the rope which include the "side crawl", and jumping over a chair and landing...
Data
- Cataloguer:
- Howard
- Stock:
- Black & White
- Sound:
- Sound
- Media URN:
- 37409
- Sort Number:
- PT 153
- Time in/Out:
- 01:06:09:00 / 01:07:29:00
- Canister:
- PT 153
- Film ID:
- 1072.05
- Issue Date:
- 27/02/1933
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- Tightrope walking Turns 1933
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