Acres Of Plenty! 1940

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Titles read: "ACRES OF PLENTY!"

California, United States of America.

Various shots show farmers from the Midwest of America arriving in California to start a new life after their own farms have shrivelled and become derelict. Government Farm Worker camps are shown. Several shots of...

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Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
15748
Sort Number:
PT 549
Time in/Out:
01:22:48:00 / 01:26:17:00
Canister:
PT 549
Film ID:
1208.14
Issue Date:
07/10/1940

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