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1939 USA / QUIRKY: Seventy midgets arrive for World's Fair
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0:32Now PlayingDate: 4th May 1939
Location: NEW YORK, U.S.A.
Source: Reuters Historical News Collection: BRITISH PARAMOUNT NEWSREEL (REUTERS)
USA: New York:
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General view of "Ile de France" in New York Harbour / midgets coming forwards with giant on deck / little girls seated on seat / cowboy looking for midgets / midgets spring up from behind chairs & tie cowboy up
Sound Effects. Nat. sound of midgets shouting.
Period Attitudes; United States of America; Humans of Unusual Size; Exhibitions
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