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"And The Desert Shall Blossom Like The Rose" 1932
Description
Full Title reads: "'and the desert shall blossom like the rose!' The Viceroy of India opens the Lloyd Barrage - bringing fertility to over 5 million acres."
Lloyd Barrage, India.
Men gathered on a dais . Two of them stand beside a microphone.
C/U part of the dam, showing...
Data
- Cataloguer:
- Mark
- Stock:
- Black & White
- Sound:
- Sound
- Media URN:
- 4772
- Sort Number:
- 32/009
- Time in/Out:
- 01:01:58:00 / 01:02:40:00
- Canister:
- 32/9
- Film ID:
- 663.03
- Issue Date:
- 01/02/1932
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