Secrets Of Nature - Brewster's Magic 1933

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Photographed by F. Percy Smith. Editing and Commentary by Mary Field. Musical setting by W. Hodgson. British Instructional Film.

Hand pump being pulled in a pub. Hop root. The eyes are pointed out with a pencil. Time lapse photography of a hop shoot growing. C/U of the claws on the stem of...

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Cataloguer:
Jenny
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
71100
Sort Number:
DOCS
Time in/Out:
01:38:30:00 / 01:46:43:00
Canister:
DOCS
Film ID:
1807.05
Issue Date:
1933

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