Britain's Vital Harvest 1946

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Item title reads - Britain's vital harvest.

Buckinghamshire.

L/S of a field of wheat. Various shots as workers come out of the farmhouse, they include farmer William Lane, his daughter Kathleen, his wife, and his daughter Elizabeth. L/S of wheat fields. A tractor drawn threshing machine...

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
45842
Sort Number:
46/070
Time in/Out:
01:39:19:00 / 01:41:24:00
Canister:
46/70
Film ID:
1408.26
Issue Date:
02/09/1946

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