Voltaire 1950

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Brook Green, London.

M/S of a glamorous girl sitting and knitting in an armchair. A lightbulb goes out next to her and she takes the shot one out, burning her fingers.

Magician Voltaire stands in front of some kind of complicated electrical machine. He holds out a lightbulb in his...

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Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
34444
Sort Number:
NP 294
Time in/Out:
01:24:40:00 / 01:26:28:00
Canister:
NP 294
Film ID:
1277.17
Issue Date:
01/05/1950

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