Sugar Refining And Saw Mill In British Guiana 1953

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British Guiana

GV Diamond sugar grinding plant. MS barges full of sugar cane. VS can lifted out of barges onto platform and pushed into grinding machine. CU sugar cane. Var CUs workers faces. GV barges and cane fields. Top shot (from crane) of cane being lifted. MS sacks of sugar ready to...

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Cataloguer:
Jane
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
77516
Sort Number:
UN 2665 B
Time in/Out:
01:04:08:00 / 01:10:32:00
Canister:
UN 2665 B
Film ID:
2482.02
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