Flowers AKA Carnations 1939

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No title - CARNATIONS. At the world's largest nursery.

Near Uxbridge. Greater London.

Various shots of huge greenhouses with women working in them. M/S of a girl de-budding a flower. M/S's of a man spraying the flowers with insecticide. M/S of ladies tending chrysanthemums between...

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
42713
Sort Number:
NSP 180
Time in/Out:
01:25:09:00 / 01:26:56:00
Canister:
NSP 180
Film ID:
1278.14
Issue Date:
07/09/1939

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