Secrets Of Nature - Water Folk 1931

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Wardour Films Ltd present a British Instructional Films production.

Title reads: "Secrets of Nature" - "Water Folk".

Young boy lying in grass on a river bank fishes with a friend. Holds up a jam jar and looks at the tiny creatures inside the water. He gets his magnifying glass out...

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Cataloguer:
Jenny
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
70705
Sort Number:
DOCS
Time in/Out:
01:25:17:00 / 01:33:57:00
Canister:
DOCS
Film ID:
1609.04
Issue Date:
1931

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