Potatoes And Foresight 1917

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Potatoes and Foresight - Metropolitan Railway women work on land to provide for whole staff.

Location of events unknown, probably around west London or Middlesex.

Shots of women farm workers. CU woman in hat; feeding horse from her hands (horse's nose only in frame). Shot of men and...

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Cataloguer:
Cheri
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
71758
Sort Number:
ON 043 J
Time in/Out:
01:43:13:00 / 01:43:37:00
Canister:
ON 043 J
Film ID:
1864.41
Issue Date:
1917

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