Resettlement Scheme For Dust Victims In… 1938

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Titles read: "Resettlement Scheme".

Arkansas, United States of America.

Various shots of the new rural farm community at Dick Lake (?) for the resettlement of victims of the dust desert in the Midwest. A man drives his horse-drawn cart from an old house to a new one, carrying a load...

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Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
17195
Sort Number:
38/042
Time in/Out:
01:43:25:00 / 01:44:09:00
Canister:
38/42
Film ID:
965.43
Issue Date:
29/05/1938

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