Soldiers Helping With Potato Harvest

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Various shots British soldiers helping farmer and his wife harvest field of potatoes. Spuds are put in sacks and thrown into horse drawn carts. Large field gun in foreground. Town in distance - could be France?

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Cataloguer:
Amelia
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
71436
Sort Number:
UN 0736 C
Time in/Out:
01:19:07:00 / 01:19:38:00
Canister:
UN 736 C
Film ID:
1836.04
Issue Date:

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