Find A Word No. 3 1940-1949

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British Instructional Films Ltd presents a Classroom Film.

This seems to be a cinematic guessing game for schoolchildren.

i) Three men chop at the trunks of trees. Shots of two trees falling. ii) A scythe is sharpened in C/U. Man in flat cap cuts a crop with the scythe. iii) A man...

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Cataloguer:
Jenny
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
83608
Sort Number:
DOCS
Time in/Out:
01:19:24:00 / 01:22:54:00
Canister:
DOCS
Film ID:
2889.04
Issue Date:
1940 - 1949

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