Bananas 1949

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Bananas.

Hextable, Kent.

M/S of Mr Cook in his greenhouse, attending to his bananas. L/S as he carries a large bunch of bananas into his home. Mr Cook hangs bananas from a hook suspended from the ceiling and places a car heater underneath them to enable them to ripen. He then wraps...

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
34225
Sort Number:
NP 237
Time in/Out:
01:05:33:00 / 01:06:21:00
Canister:
NP 237
Film ID:
1265.05
Issue Date:
28/03/1949

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