Harvesting Issue Title Pathe Pictorial Looks… 1947

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Guildford, Surrey.

Various good scenic shots illustrating harvest time in the countryside. Sheaves of corn stand in bundles in a field. Men and women stand on a wheatstack and pitch the corn as it is thrown up to them by other workers. C/U of gap-toothed man mopping his...

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Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
44284
Sort Number:
NP 161
Time in/Out:
01:50:14:00 / 01:50:52:00
Canister:
NP 161
Film ID:
1341.33
Issue Date:
13/10/1947

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