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Egg Shell Repair AKA Egg Shells 1955
Description
Frinton, Essex.
Extreme C/U of a case containing egg shells. Narrator explains that now the taking of eggs from nests is against the law, specimens like those we are seeing have become more valuable than ever. C/U of a group of eggs nestled in cotton wool with a little label that reads: "Pending...
Data
- Time in/Out:
- 01:01:20:00 / 01:03:22:00
- Canister:
- CP 016
- Film ID:
- 29.02
- Issue Date:
- 08/04/1955
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