Food From Waste Land 1941

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Item title reads - Food from waste land.

Norfolk.

Aerial shots of flooded Feltwell fen in Norfolk. Various shots of the floods. Various shots of men draining, ploughing and digging irrigation canals in the once flooded area. The Bread and Butter express train breaks a ribbon to mark...

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
39055
Sort Number:
41/057
Time in/Out:
01:14:23:00 / 01:15:48:00
Canister:
41/57
Film ID:
1121.09
Issue Date:
17/07/1941

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