Tree Climbing Equipment AKA Tree Bike 1961

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Gloucester.

M/S of two men walking in a wood and looking up at the trees; both have ropes slung over their shoulders and carry circular metal equipment. They decide on a tree as commentator tells us "...they're at the Forestry School in Gloucestershire and they are selecting trees for cone...

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Data

Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Colour
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
1661
Sort Number:
CP 323
Time in/Out:
01:48:42:00 / 01:50:12:00
Canister:
CP 323
Film ID:
131.14
Issue Date:
06/03/1961

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Categories
Science & Technology Trade & Industry
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Gloucestershire Forestry

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