Cinetopicalities In Brief No. 133 1940

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Titles read: "CINETOPICALITIES IN BRIEF".

Various locations of events.

In Arizona, United States of America, we see various shots of an invasion of grasshoppers crawling over arid land. A farmer sprays them with Naphthalene from a trailer pulled by a car, then runs his hands through...

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Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
15756
Sort Number:
PT 551
Time in/Out:
01:39:30:00 / 01:40:48:00
Canister:
PT 551
Film ID:
1208.22
Issue Date:
21/10/1940

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