The Street Performers
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Self (archive footage)
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Overview
This documentary-style short follows two impoverished teens performing on the streets of London in the days leading up to the London Blitz of 1940.
Release Date
2015-10-05
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3
Rating:
1.5 startsTagline
Subjugated and starving
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