Young Astronomer Issue Title - Bright And… 1943

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Young astronomer.

Wales.

M/S as Tony Ellis wheels his bicycle along. Various shots as he weighs and sells the fish he has caught to local housewives. M/S of him preparing his telescope, schoolboys stand around and watch him as he looks to the skies, various shots as he scans the heavens...

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
60186
Sort Number:
NSP 357
Time in/Out:
01:45:04:00 / 01:46:27:00
Canister:
NSP 357
Film ID:
1556.22
Issue Date:
01/02/1943

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