Peat Digging 1947

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Unissued / unused footage - dates and locations may be unknown / unclear.

Cuts from newsreel 47/80 - peat digging.

Wedmore, Somerset.

M/S of Wedmore Church panning to main street.

Various shots of men cutting sods of peat in a field. Rows of stacked sods drying out....

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Data

Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
64247
Sort Number:
UN 1824 C
Time in/Out:
01:33:51:00 / 01:36:47:00
Canister:
UN 1824 C
Film ID:
2176.10
Issue Date:
1947

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