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Secrets Of Nature - War In The Trees 1931
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British Instructional Films Ltd production.
Moving landscape shot. River with mountains either side. Pine tree forests. C/U of a woodwasp boring a hole in a tree trunk. She lays her eggs in the hole. C/U of a grub eating away at the tree. Grub boring through tree. Tunnels it makes ruin the...
Data
- Cataloguer:
- Jenny
- Stock:
- Black & White
- Sound:
- Sound
- Media URN:
- 71006
- Sort Number:
- DOCS
- Time in/Out:
- 01:43:43:00 / 01:52:32:00
- Canister:
- DOCS
- Film ID:
- 1679.09
- Issue Date:
- 1931
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