Gold! In Abyssinia 1938

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Titles read: "GOLD! IN ABYSSINIA".

Abyssinia, Ethiopia, Africa.

L/S panning across huts and buildings at a gold mining encampment. Several shots of African and white men drilling and dynamiting (natural sound accompanies two explosions) for gold and working inside the mines. The mineral...

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Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
40603
Sort Number:
PT 449
Time in/Out:
01:55:25:00 / 01:56:40:00
Canister:
PT 449
Film ID:
1178.31
Issue Date:
31/10/1938

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