A Short Life And A Gay One 1921

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Item title reads - "A short life and a gay one" but this year's Christmas turkey's can at least console themselves that they are cheaper than last year. On a farm.

M/S of the turkeys in a field, a woman feeds them from a bucket. M/S of the turkeys hung up over a stall while people look at them....

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
22670
Sort Number:
G 0834
Time in/Out:
01:22:20:00 / 01:22:58:00
Canister:
G 834
Film ID:
250.22
Issue Date:
19/12/1921

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