Thebes AKA Thebes - The Modern Aladdin's… 1922

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Egypt.

Full titles read: "THEBES - THE MODERN ALADDIN'S CAVE - Where Lord Carnarvon and Mr Howard Carter have discovered - antiquities 3,000 years old, worth millions."

L/S of baron Egyptian wasteland. M/S of entrance to the cave or tomb. The camera pans from left to right past mountains....

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Cataloguer:
Kathey
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
93582
Sort Number:
G 0937
Time in/Out:
10:00:22:00 / 10:01:40:00
Canister:
G 937
Film ID:
3480.02
Issue Date:
14/12/1922

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