Toys Mender AKA Toys To Mend 1940

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Toys to mend.

Thanet, Kent.

A man walks from village to village mending toys. He blows his horn and the children follow him to a spot at the roadside where he mends their broken toys. C/U's of the happy smiling children as he repairs dolls etc. He is described as a 'fairy in trousers',...

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Data

Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
42927
Sort Number:
NSP 216
Time in/Out:
01:05:07:00 / 01:06:42:00
Canister:
NSP 216
Film ID:
1290.05
Issue Date:
23/05/1940

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