Cress Collectors! 1931

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Shot in Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire.

"A harvest for green-food folk - grown out of the crystal springs." C/U of some bubbling water. M/S of two country gentlemen and a child looking at the water as it bubbles up. L/S of a river with fields of cress beside it. Scenic shot of the countryside....

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Data

Cataloguer:
Jenny
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
15388
Sort Number:
EP 174
Time in/Out:
01:34:31:00 / 01:35:54:00
Canister:
EP 174
Film ID:
912.15
Issue Date:
08/06/1931

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