"Pot" Girls 1931

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Devon.

"When is a pot not a pot? When it's a lobster pot - for it really is a basket - !"

Nice M/S of two fishermen loading their boat with lobster pots. "Eve carries a wicked right on this job..." M/S of two women trimming reeds for making pots. C/U of tool being used on the reeds...

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Cataloguer:
Jenny
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
16704
Sort Number:
EP 210
Time in/Out:
01:08:09:00 / 01:11:31:00
Canister:
EP 210
Film ID:
938.06
Issue Date:
09/04/1931

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