Winter Hits Us 1959

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Title reads: "Winter hits U.S."

Colorado, United States of America (USA).

Aerial shot helicopter flying over snow covered land. G/V outlying farms covered in snow. G/V houses surrounded by drifts of snow. G/V house with roof caved in under weight of snow. G/V cattle stranded in snow....

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Cataloguer:
Amelia
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
50746
Sort Number:
59/083
Time in/Out:
01:53:29:00 / 01:54:21:00
Canister:
59/83
Film ID:
1595.35
Issue Date:
15/10/1959

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0:010:020:030:04

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