Loco Weed Lner 1938

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Item title reads - Loco weed. N.Y. police raid marijuana fields.

America (USA). (LNER)

M/S of police narcotic squad picking the marijuana from the fields. M/S of a marijuana plant. Various shots as they pick the plants. M/S as a truck drives up to a big pile. M/S's as they unload...

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
17437
Sort Number:
38/066
Time in/Out:
01:55:24:00 / 01:56:03:00
Canister:
38/66
Film ID:
973.55
Issue Date:
18/08/1938

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