With The Wild Birds 1939

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Full titles read: "WITH THE WILD BIRDS"

L/S's and M/S's of numerous people in boats on Lake Comachio in Italy for duck shooting. Several shots of the hunters shooting birds out of the sky. M/S's of the birds being plucked from the water. M/S's of the hunters unloading their days work on the...

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Cataloguer:
Howard
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
20201
Sort Number:
39/100
Time in/Out:
01:59:34:00 / 02:00:58:00
Canister:
39/100
Film ID:
1019.53
Issue Date:
21/12/1939

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