Gypsy Artists 1956

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New Forest, Hampshire.

L/S of a gypsy caravan in a clearing; Sven Berlin is sawing wood outside and a goat snuffles about the ground. M/S and C/U of Sven sawing; his wife Juanita sits by a camp fire peeling potatoes; their small son, Jasper, feeds something to the goat; a black kettle hangs...

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Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Colour
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
2011
Sort Number:
CP 072
Time in/Out:
01:41:42:00 / 01:43:50:00
Canister:
CP 072
Film ID:
41.21
Issue Date:
14/05/1956

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