Tropical Gardens AKA Tropical Flowers Beware… 1960

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M/S of a man walking through a conservatory at Wannock Gardens at Polegate near Eastbourne, East Sussex; lots of exotic and tropical plants are seen. C/U as he strokes the leaves of a plant which contract and quickly fold in around the stem; it has little pink pom-pom flowers. M/S and C/U of a man cross-pollinating...

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Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Colour
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
2824
Sort Number:
CP 299
Time in/Out:
01:54:13:00 / 01:56:56:00
Canister:
CP 299
Film ID:
111.16
Issue Date:
19/09/1960

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