Window Of The World 1932

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Titles read: "The Window of the World. A Cameo of Cinema progress from 1895 to date."

Brief shot of a fragment of film, supposedly of the first film shot by Friese-Green in 1889. We then see a clip from the Lumiere film of 1895, 'The Arrival of a Train'; commentator says this is a copy of the...

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Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
37333
Sort Number:
PT 137
Time in/Out:
01:26:40:00 / 01:29:18:00
Canister:
PT 137
Film ID:
1066.14
Issue Date:
07/11/1932

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