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Prickly Pear 1933
Description
Titles read: "Prickly Pear. Australia's prize pest."
Australia.
Various shots of the 'Prickly Pear' or cactus plants growing in the wild. Commentator says the former garden ornament has become a pest, spreading rapidly across 100 million acres.
The plants have wrapped themselves...
Data
- Cataloguer:
- Sarah
- Stock:
- Black & White
- Sound:
- Sound
- Media URN:
- 51706
- Sort Number:
- PSP 811
- Time in/Out:
- 01:22:23:00 / 01:23:40:00
- Canister:
- PSP 811
- Film ID:
- 1616.14
- Issue Date:
- 19/10/1933
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