Harvest Time 1940-1949

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British Instructional Films Ltd presents a Classroom Film.

Camera pans over a landscape of fields. Field of wheat in the foreground. Two men walk in a field, one has a large scythe. C/U of the man sharpening his scythe. "Opening the ways." He chops the crop down. C/U of the scythe cutting...

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Cataloguer:
Jenny
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
71159
Sort Number:
DOCS
Time in/Out:
01:42:04:00 / 01:46:35:00
Canister:
DOCS
Film ID:
1833.05
Issue Date:
1940 - 1949

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