Wrapping Parcels - Trailer 1949

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A Short Trailer film encouraging people to wrap their parcels correctly.

A stunt car is driven over a ramp - it crashes and rolls. The film is then run backwards.

A young woman slides down a slide into a swimming pool. The film then runs backwards.

CU a hand picks out a banana...

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Data

Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
46240
Sort Number:
49/062
Time in/Out:
01:47:37:00 / 01:48:30:00
Canister:
49/62
Film ID:
1419.34
Issue Date:
04/08/1949

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