Puppets (1947)

Titles read: "PUPPETS".



London.



M/S of a puppet of Queen Elizabeth I walking up the steps of a building in Leicester Square to visit a puppet exhibition (with the help of a human). Inside we see various shots of a display of puppets. An old woman puppet walks along and looks at the exhibition. C/Us of Sweeny Todd and Ophelia puppets (moving). Puppets of Mr and Mrs William Corder kiss passionately. Three Javanese puppets stand in a group and confer.



Several shots of children watching a puppet show. A Chinese puppet wrestles with a dragon but is saved by an African angel. The children laugh and applaud at the end of the show. M/S of the Queen Elizabeth puppet making her way out of the building.
FILM ID:1398.17

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