Seal Hunt 1948

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Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.

Three fishermen crawl along a sandy beach on their stomachs. They stop and aim with their rifles. One shoots then they all get up and run over the beach. They pick up a dead seal in the shallows, put him on a board and carry him away.

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Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
34108
Sort Number:
NP 197
Time in/Out:
01:48:49:00 / 01:49:52:00
Canister:
NP 197
Film ID:
1247.27
Issue Date:
21/06/1948

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