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The Potato Pickers 1931
Description
"It's a back-aching job too, following the plough and picking up the potatoes."
L/S of workers in the field picking potatoes and putting them into small baskets. C/U of a woman picking up the potatoes at speed as she moves along the furrow. L/S of horse drawn cart moving towards the camera....
Data
- Cataloguer:
- Jenny
- Stock:
- Black & White
- Sound:
- Mute
- Media URN:
- 16815
- Sort Number:
- EP 221
- Time in/Out:
- 01:27:44:00 / 01:28:49:00
- Canister:
- EP 221
- Film ID:
- 946.13
- Issue Date:
- 17/09/1931
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