Exotic Garden 1956

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Streatham, London.

A visit to an exotic garden, which has over 20,000 plants from 800 different species.

L/S back of suburban house with greenhouse. M/S Ernest Hepworth enters greenhouse and tends to plants. C/U of tiny green European Tree frog hopping about . C/U Hepworth's hands...

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Cataloguer:
Margaret
Stock:
Colour
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
1200
Sort Number:
CP 086
Time in/Out:
01:12:17:00 / 01:14:00:00
Canister:
CP 086
Film ID:
53.07
Issue Date:
20/08/1956

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