Hundreds Of Swans 1925

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Item title reads - Hundred of swans - tamed by hunger during frosty spell - are being hand fed. Shepperton.

M/S of the swans gathered together in a pen. C/U of their heads bobbing up and down. M/S as a woman walks in and starts to throw them food, they bend their necks and eat.

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
20021
Sort Number:
G 1251
Time in/Out:
01:19:07:00 / 01:21:06:00
Canister:
G 1251
Film ID:
438.11
Issue Date:
17/12/1925

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