Italy's Land Girls 1931

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Italy. "Buxom wenches, and equally at home with oxen or crops - "

M/S in an oval frame of a woman leading a group of oxen along ploughing a field. Various shots of the primitive plough being used. "They are harvesting rice here - a real bumper crop." Panning shot of women picking rice crop....

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Data

Cataloguer:
Jenny
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
16717
Sort Number:
EP 243
Time in/Out:
01:43:37:00 / 01:46:47:00
Canister:
EP 211
Film ID:
938.19
Issue Date:
23/04/1931

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