Queer Fish Issue Title Is Sea Shell Have… 1936

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Queer fish. Part of 'Sea Shell Have Music' issue.

Nassau, Bahama Islands (The Bahamas).

Fishing methods to catch exotic fish in tropical Bahaman waters. Various shots of men digging for land crabs in mangrove swamps. Various shots fishermen in dinghy catching lobsters and crayfish...

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Cataloguer:
Amelia
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
41687
Sort Number:
NSP 022
Time in/Out:
01:42:15:00 / 01:43:30:00
Canister:
NSP 22
Film ID:
1220.27
Issue Date:

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