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Upside Down Artist 1939
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No title - EDWIN ALDOUS - UPSIDE DOWN ARTIST.
Location of events unknown.
M/S as he writes the words 'upside down artist' upside down. Various shots of Edwin Aldous doing two pastel drawings at the same time, both pictures are identical but with his left hand he draws the picture...
Data
- Cataloguer:
- Emma
- Stock:
- Black & White
- Sound:
- Sound
- Media URN:
- 42721
- Sort Number:
- NSP 181
- Time in/Out:
- 01:35:26:00 / 01:36:44:00
- Canister:
- NSP 181
- Film ID:
- 1278.22
- Issue Date:
- 14/09/1939
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