Rush Mats 1958

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Debenham, Suffolk.

M/S of Mrs Daphne Smith aged 20, walking out of a house towards the village green and a stack of rushes bundled together. C/U of the rushes and Daphne picking up a bundle then laying it on the grass. M/S of her untying the rushes. She then starts to fill a watering can from...

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Data

Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Colour
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
2439
Sort Number:
CP 184
Time in/Out:
01:12:32:00 / 01:14:07:00
Canister:
CP 184
Film ID:
77.07
Issue Date:
07/07/1958

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