First Cornish Oyster Feast 1925

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Item title reads - First Cornish Oyster Feast. "Duchy of Cornwall" oysters will - it is predicted - soon rival Colchester and Whitstable. Falmouth, Cornwall.

M/S of fishermen on a boat, they throw the nets into the water, then haul them out again, other men stand behind and watch. C/U of men...

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
19898
Sort Number:
G 1236
Time in/Out:
01:14:12:00 / 01:15:19:00
Canister:
G 1236
Film ID:
428.05
Issue Date:
26/10/1925

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