A Little Help Is... 1921

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Item title reads - "A little help is..." Tractor Thresher and plough - gift of people of Hornsey - presented by Mayor to the little Somme town. Guillemont, France.

L/S as the thresher is moved round by a group of men, the tractor is driven round in front of a cafe. E.B. Croasdell, the mayor...

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
22522
Sort Number:
G 0812
Time in/Out:
01:25:57:00 / 01:27:03:00
Canister:
G 812
Film ID:
244.22
Issue Date:
03/10/1921

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