Two Girls AKA Dorchester Girls' Day 1939

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London.

A girl gets up and wakes her friend - they are American dancers in Dorchester Hotel, London. Close up shot of one of the girls doing gymnastic exercises and ballet exercises. Various shots of girls at work in kitchen, ironing and trying on new dresses. Panning shot, St. Paul's Cathedral....

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Cataloguer:
Sanja
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
42639
Sort Number:
NSP 167
Time in/Out:
01:12:48:00 / 01:14:55:00
Canister:
NSP 167
Film ID:
1274.09
Issue Date:
08/06/1939

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