Ethiopia At Home 1935

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Titles read: "ETHIOPIA AT HOME".

Ethiopia, Africa.

Various shots of an African family in a village. The man grinds something in a pestle. A woman makes a large pancake - the staple food of Ethiopians. Another woman spins some cotton into thread. A woman plaits a straw hat. Exterior...

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Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
39156
Sort Number:
PT 296
Time in/Out:
01:32:49:00 / 01:35:11:00
Canister:
PT 296
Film ID:
1124.17
Issue Date:
11/11/1935

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