Orchard" Offensive" Opens 1933

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Full title reads: "Lingfield, Surrey. Orchard 'Offensive' Opens - and massed attack on insect pests by tractors - caterpillars etc., - give the real war like touch!"

Lingfield, Surrey.

Men in rubberised protective clothing load chemicals in vehicles.

Various shots of men on...

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Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
5386
Sort Number:
33/007
Time in/Out:
01:13:52:00 / 01:15:17:00
Canister:
33/7
Film ID:
695.11
Issue Date:
23/01/1933

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