Use Your Electricity By The Clock - Trailer 1948

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USE YOUR ELECTRICITY BY THE CLOCK - TRAILER

Several shots of a mystic in eastern dress and turban (played by Terry Thomas) telling future to woman by looking into crystal ball. He sees her house lit with candles...

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Cataloguer:
Sanja
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
47168
Sort Number:
48/095
Time in/Out:
01:38:42:00 / 01:39:44:00
Canister:
48/95
Film ID:
1442.26
Issue Date:
25/11/1948

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