A Bygone Craft 1931

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Full title reads: "A Bygone Craft. Making a hide covered coracle for salmon fishing on the Boyne, the only place in Europe where such hide boats are still in use."

River Boyne, Ireland.

Various shots of two elderly country gentlemen making a coracle - an ancient boat made from twigs...

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Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
8312
Sort Number:
31/004
Time in/Out:
01:14:57:00 / 01:16:59:00
Canister:
31/4
Film ID:
757.07
Issue Date:
12/01/1931

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