Through Grandma's Spectacles 1932

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Introductory intertitle reads: "Fact may be stronger than fiction - but it's not half so amusing!"

L/S of two women walking down the path of a town house towards a parked car. One of the women carries a baby. We see her put the baby in the car. Intertitle reads: "This is going to be a dull...

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Data

Cataloguer:
Jenny
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
51057
Sort Number:
PSP 720
Time in/Out:
01:14:09:00 / 01:16:34:00
Canister:
PSP 720
Film ID:
1586.07
Issue Date:
21/01/1932

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