Black Swans From Australia To Italy 1962

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Sydney, Australia.

Title reads 'Swans from Como (Australia) to Como (Italy)'.

GV. Main gate to Sydney's Taronga Park Zoo. MS. Black swans on pond in zoo. MS. Four young children throw bread to swans. CU. Four black swans in pond. CU. Pelicans. MS. Sir Edward Hallstrom holding one...

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Cataloguer:
Sanja
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
70230
Sort Number:
UN 3591 G
Time in/Out:
01:02:21:00 / 01:03:08:00
Canister:
UN 3591 G
Film ID:
2619.02
Issue Date:
1962

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