Walking The Wire 1930

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"Meet a lady friend of ours who's been "walking the wire" from childhood -" M/S of a woman high wire artist walking the wire holding a parasol. She sits on the wire and there is a dissolve into a C/U. She wears a fancy frock with a fur trim and a sparkly head dress.

C/U of the woman with the...

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Cataloguer:
Jenny
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
16504
Sort Number:
EP 194
Time in/Out:
01:14:03:00 / 01:16:08:00
Canister:
EP 194
Film ID:
922.08
Issue Date:
28/08/1930

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