Polecats 1939

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No title - Polecats.

Sussex.

Various shots of the polecats scampering out of a hole, they run about together. M/S of a mad scramble as they eat, two have a tug of war over one piece of meat. M/S as they are lifted up still hanging onto the meat. C/U of Brutus, a champion polecat. C/U...

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
42574
Sort Number:
NSP 155
Time in/Out:
01:17:25:00 / 01:18:04:00
Canister:
NSP 155
Film ID:
1270.11
Issue Date:
16/03/1939

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