Tea Growing In Ceylon 1960-1969

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Unissued / unused material - dates and locations may be unclear / unknown.

Ceylon (Sri Lanka).

LS and MS A line of women and girls walking with their wicker collecting baskets to gather tea on the plantation fields. Various shots, the women work across the field, making their way over...

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Cataloguer:
Heather
Stock:
Colour
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
89850
Sort Number:
UN 4160 B
Time in/Out:
01:06:01:00 / 01:11:42:00
Canister:
UN 4160 B
Film ID:
3209.02
Issue Date:
1960 - 1969

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