Flamingo Round Up AKA Flamingo Roundup 1959

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Title reads: "Flamingo Roundup".

Carmague, Rhone Delta, France.

L/S beach with crowds watching the herding of a flock of flamingos. G/V flamingos on the beach. C/U man covering wire fencing with cloth. C/U heads of flamingos as they run by. C/U same man putting cloth fence around the...

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Cataloguer:
Amelia
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
51148
Sort Number:
59/062
Time in/Out:
01:02:31:00 / 01:03:08:00
Canister:
59/62
Film ID:
1591.03
Issue Date:
03/08/1959

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