Cricket Bats 1962

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Bungay, Suffolk.

Various shots of two men tending to saplings and seedlings. Man looks at the trunk of a willow tree to see if it is ready to be felled in order to provide wood for cricket bats. A "W" is cut into the trunk of a tree selected for felling. A chain-saw is used to fell the tree....

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Cataloguer:
Jenny
Stock:
Colour
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
2743
Sort Number:
CP 390
Time in/Out:
01:52:11:00 / 01:55:44:00
Canister:
CP 390
Film ID:
185.10
Issue Date:
18/06/1962

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