News In A Nutshell 1930-1939

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Full title reads: "News In A Nutshell"

Various shots of people watching what appears to be a hand harvesting competition. Men walk along a row of corn and pull off the corns and throw them into a tractor's trailer. CU man, presumably the winner of the competition.

A long haired strongman...

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Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
80826
Sort Number:
UNI GAZ 036
Time in/Out:
01:00:50:00 / 01:01:58:00
Canister:
UNI GAZ ROLL 36
Film ID:
2745.02
Issue Date:
1930 - 1939

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