Crazy Crayfish! 1933

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(Pathetone main titles.)

Titles read: "Crazy Crayfish! Come with the 'Pathetone' man, now, off the coast of Tasmania, where men are fishermen and the crayfish crazy (to be caught)".

King Island, Tasmania, Australia.

Various shots of men working on a fishing boat at sea. Huge...

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Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
37598
Sort Number:
PT 178
Time in/Out:
01:00:08:00 / 01:01:52:00
Canister:
PT 178
Film ID:
1088.01
Issue Date:
21/08/1933

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