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1951 Festival of Britain preparations: Bonar Colleano in comedy distroting mirrors sequence
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1:08Now PlayingDate: 19th February 1951
Location: London Festival Site
Source: Reuters Historical News Collection: GAUMONT BRITISH NEWSREEL (REUTERS)
ENGLAND: London:
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COMEDY SEQUENCE Barbara Murray (film actress) sitting reading 'Alice Through the Looking Glass' as Bonar Colleano (film actor) comes in and looks in distorting mirrors as Barbara Murray laughs, then he turns round and she screams
(to be used at the Funfair of Festival of Britain)
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