Banana Calypso Reel 2 1957-1960

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BANANA CALYPSO reel 2

A railway train loaded with bananas moves slowly to the docks. The railways trucks go straight on to huge rafts 'lighters' which are pulled by a tugboat to a ship in the channel. CU the ship 'Camito'. WS...

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Cataloguer:
Virginia
Stock:
Colour
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
90751
Sort Number:
DOCS
Time in/Out:
01:56:45:00 / 02:02:59:00
Canister:
DOCS
Film ID:
3257.07
Issue Date:
1957 - 1960

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