Hen Spectacles 1951

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New device for hens designed to prevent them pecking each other in Crowland, Nr, Spalding, Lincolnshire.

Various shots of Hens with Spectacles, to stop them from pecking each other. L/S Hens man feeding them. C/U hens scratching and feeding. Man picks up hens, walks towards another who looks...

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Data

Cataloguer:
Howard
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
34592
Sort Number:
NP 360
Time in/Out:
01:18:00:00 / 01:18:56:00
Canister:
NP 360
Film ID:
1291.12
Issue Date:
06/08/1951

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