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The Kensington Studios (also known as the Viking Studios) were film production studios located in Kensington, London that operated between 1947 and 1950. [1]

The film I'm a Stranger released in 1952 was made there.[ citation needed ]

During the 1950s, it was employed for certain commercial films, but television eventually took over as the studio's mainstay.

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