Lake District AKA Ruskin Country 1941

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Lake District - Ruskin country.

Cumbria.

Various shots of hills and countryside in the Lake District around Derwent water. Various shots of writer John Ruskin's monument on Friar's Crag. Various shots of the Derwent. Various shots of cattle and sheep grazing beneath Catbells mountain....

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
49531
Sort Number:
NSP 296
Time in/Out:
01:30:29:00 / 01:31:39:00
Canister:
NSP 296
Film ID:
1538.16
Issue Date:
01/12/1941

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