Donkey Sculptor 1939

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Ramsgate, Kent.

Several shots of a man browsing across beach looking for large pieces of chalk. He is Ramsgate donkey man and also artist who carves decorative objects out of chalk and sells them. Various shots of the artist carving chalk with line of donkeys in background looking on. Some...

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Cataloguer:
Sanja
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
42517
Sort Number:
NSP 146
Time in/Out:
01:49:08:00 / 01:49:43:00
Canister:
NSP 146
Film ID:
1266.28
Issue Date:
12/01/1939

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