Caught By The Camera No. 58 1935

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Titles read: "Caught by the Camera".

Various locations of events.

Several shots of a man putting a muslin cover over his head, pouring poison into the ground. We hear that he is a wasp destroyer, and has been hired by a nearby chocolate factory to get rid of a wasps' nest. The man...

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Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
39114
Sort Number:
PT 293
Time in/Out:
01:58:55:00 / 02:00:48:00
Canister:
PT 293
Film ID:
1122.30
Issue Date:
04/11/1935

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