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Looney Lens: Split Skyscrapers (1924)

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Runtime : 1M

Director : Al Brick

Synopsis

The warping lens used to photograph 10th Avenue seems to puzzle the filmmakers.

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Al Brick
Al Brick
Director
Al Brick
Al Brick
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