Secrets Of Nature - The Two Pounder 1931

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A British International Pictures Ltd. production. Distributed by Wardour Films Ltd.

Title reads: "Secrets of Nature" "The Two Pounder".

Landscape with river and cows. Trout eggs in C/U. Movement inside is seen. Development of the fish is shown. The eye of the trout is seen. Speeded...

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Cataloguer:
Jenny
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
70796
Sort Number:
DOCS
Time in/Out:
01:30:35:00 / 01:38:18:00
Canister:
DOCS
Film ID:
1643.04
Issue Date:
1931

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