The Pruner's Progress 1924

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Intertitles together at head of film, images follow.

Intertitles read: "Somehow, Eve always did like apples." "But only through the labour saving "Plucca" Pruner, made by the Elliott Pruner Co., 19, Regent St., London, will she have a plentiful supply next year". Shots of woman pruning a small...

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Cataloguer:
Jenny
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
14736
Sort Number:
EP 063
Time in/Out:
01:39:01:00 / 01:42:20:00
Canister:
EP 063
Film ID:
856.20
Issue Date:

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