Speeding Up Crops 1936

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Item title reads - Speeding up crops.

M/S as a man walks through a very large greenhouse full of growing carnations, he is carrying a bunch of the flowers which have been grown in sand, C/U of the flowers. M/S exterior of an American farm. M/S as tiers of trays containing barley and wheat are...

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
39535
Sort Number:
PT 333
Time in/Out:
01:44:05:00 / 01:45:34:00
Canister:
PT 333
Film ID:
1136.20
Issue Date:
10/08/1936

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