Three Mata Issue Title - At Your Service 1939

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Description

Note: Probably filmed in the Pathe studio.

Various shots of the Three Matas, two women and and a man, performing their acrobatic balancing act. They manage to bend their bodies into a variety of twisted shapes.

Data

Cataloguer:
Howard
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
42777
Sort Number:
NSP 192
Time in/Out:
01:22:42:00 / 01:24:49:00
Canister:
NSP 192
Film ID:
1282.13
Issue Date:
07/12/1939

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