Westminster - Barber 1947

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Full title reads: "Westminster".

Houses of Parliament, Palace of Westminster, London.

Mr Servais Coulber, Houses of Parliament barber for 20 years is interviewed before his retirement.

MS the barber goes on shaving a customer while he talks to Pathe's John Parsons (nat sound)....

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Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
40620
Sort Number:
47/012
Time in/Out:
01:27:02:00 / 01:27:56:00
Canister:
47/12
Film ID:
1177.15
Issue Date:
10/02/1947

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