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Capturing The German Drug Trade - First… 1916
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Dorking, Surrey.
Belladonna plants harvested in England for first time to replace imported drugs from Germany. Workers on a steep hillside gathering the plants. Pan as one man carries a bundle of it to add to a pile. C/U of worker standing in the midst of a bunch of growing belladonna cutting...
Data
- Cataloguer:
- Amelia
- Stock:
- Black & White
- Sound:
- Mute
- Media URN:
- 71549
- Sort Number:
- ON 021 J
- Time in/Out:
- 01:58:30:00 / 01:59:05:00
- Canister:
- ON 021 J aka G 392
- Film ID:
- 1854.52
- Issue Date:
- 1916
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