Sperm Whale 1970

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Sperm whale. Holland.

GV Large Sperm Whale on beach in Holland. CU Head of the whale. Pan to the tail. CU Long nose of the whale. Big CU. GV Crowd of people around the whale.

Data

Cataloguer:
Howard
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
57763
Sort Number:
70/008
Time in/Out:
01:07:59:00 / 01:08:21:00
Canister:
70/8
Film ID:
2241.07
Issue Date:
25/01/1970

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