Snow-Covered Countryside 1969

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Colour newsreel item. No titles.

Several lovely scenic views of the grounds of a country house or stately home under a blanket of snow on a sunny day. Shots of a party frozen lake. Two swans walk over the snow and shake their tail feathers. C/U of clusters of snow on the branches of a tree.

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Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Colour
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
57127
Sort Number:
69/017
Time in/Out:
01:28:52:00 / 01:29:16:00
Canister:
69/17
Film ID:
2093.22
Issue Date:
24/02/1969

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