News Flashes Colombia Cotton Crop Dusting… 1957

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COLOMBIA COTTON CROP DUSTING BY AIRCRAFT
Colombia.
SV. Two women picking cotton in field, & CU. LV. Two planes being loaded with insecticide for spraying the cotton crops. CU. Pouring mixture into special tanks in the planes. SV. Towards, plane taking off. LV. Pan, the plane starting to fly...

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Cataloguer:
Sanja
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
48744
Sort Number:
57/060
Time in/Out:
01:48:43:00 / 01:50:45:00
Canister:
57/60
Film ID:
1495.24
Issue Date:
25/07/1957

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