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Stanley Holloway and Alec Guiness in The Lavender Hill Mob

Date: 1951
Description: Publicity still of Stanley Holloway (playing Alfred Pendlebury) and Alec Guiness (Henry Holland) contemplating a souvenir Eiffel Tower paperweight in Charl...
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Postwar Berlin

Date: 1951
Description: A street scene in Berlin that shows the damage caused by wartime bombing. A banner or billboard on the damaged building on the right is advertising a film ...
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Rear Projection

Date: 1951
Description: Production still showing the technique of rear projection. A 1951 Ford, jacked up in front so the steering wheel can turn, sits in front of a rear projecti...
Poster

"Dr. Knock" Film Poster

Date: 1951
Description: German film poster for the French film. Illustrated image of a male doctor looking over a male patient who is lying in bed.
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Production still for "Alice in Wonderland" with Kathryn Beaumont

Date: 1951
Description: Child actress Kathryn Beaumont is held upside-down by a Disney studio technician before her tumble is filmed in the first step to rotoscope a sequence for ...
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Production Still for "Alice in Wonderland" with Kathryn Beaumont

Date: 1951
Description: Child actress Kathryn Beaumont falls as one Disney studio technician rotates the cylinder she is on and another technician rocks the platform. Her fall is ...
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Barbara Payton

Date: 1951
Description: Publicity still of actress Barbara Payton for the film "Bride of the Gorilla." She is wearing a sleeveless gown.
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Barbara Payton

Date: 1951
Description: Publicity still of Barbara Payton for the film "Bride of the Gorilla." She is wearing a sleeveless gown. Her head is tilted up and she is looking downward.
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Filming a Scene from "The African Queen"

Date: 1951
Description: View of people filming a scene from the 1951 film "The African Queen." A partially built boat is being splashed with vast amounts of water. The camera crew...
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Filming of "The African Queen"

Date: 1951
Description: The crew resting on the set of the 1951 film "The African Queen." Katharine Hepburn, holding an umbrella, is standing and talking to someone in the center ...
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Boat from "The African Queen"

Date: 1951
Description: Cast and crew of the 1951 film "The African Queen" on a boat, preparing to film a scene. They are floating on a body of water, with trees behind them. Acto...
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Preparing to Film a Scene from "The African Queen"

Date: 1951
Description: Assorted members of a film crew by a lake, during the making of the 1951 film "The African Queen." Two men are standing in the center of the image, holding...
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Filming a Scene for "The African Queen"

Date: 1951
Description: Crew, in foreground, filming a scene for the 1951 film "The African Queen." Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn are in a boat with a microphone over thei...
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George Frost and Katharine Hepburn

Date: 1951
Description: Katharine Hepburn having her makeup applied by makeup artist George Frost while on set of the 1951 film "The African Queen." They are on a covered porch.
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Crew Filming "The African Queen"

Date: 1951
Description: Film crew for the 1951 film "The African Queen," including John Huston, Ted Moore, and Edward Scaife, surrounding a movie camera. They are all partially su...
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Filming a Scene for "The African Queen"

Date: 1951
Description: Film crew gathered during the production of the 1951 film "The African Queen." Three men are pushing a platform on tracks towards a lake. The platform has ...

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