Under The Surface 1940

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Description

Titles read: 'Pathetone Lightens The "Blackout" With - "UNDER THE SURFACE"'.

Trieste, Italy.

Brief shot of people looking into a pool at the Trieste Aquarium. Various good shots of tropical fish, starfish, octopus, sea plants and sea horses seen underwater in tanks.

Data

Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
41325
Sort Number:
PT 511
Time in/Out:
01:56:16:00 / 01:57:20:00
Canister:
PT 511
Film ID:
1196.31
Issue Date:
15/01/1940

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