The World And Its People 1935

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Titles read: "THE WORLD AND ITS PEOPLE - Is the world overcrowded?"

High angle shot of a large crowd of people.

Intertitles and animated maps and diagrams explain how the population of the earth is spread about the world.

In the Pathe studio a man measures out a 6 ft square...

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Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
51814
Sort Number:
PSP 896
Time in/Out:
01:47:14:00 / 01:50:31:00
Canister:
PSP 896
Film ID:
1622.24
Issue Date:
06/06/1935

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