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1937 USA: Tobacco crop sets record . Nation's buyers attend auction. Auctioneer rattles
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0:45Now PlayingDate: 30th August 1937
Location: WAYCROSS, U.S.A.
Source: Reuters Historical News Collection: BRITISH PARAMOUNT NEWSREEL (REUTERS)
CAPTION - TOBACCO CROP SETS RECORD IN AMERICA
Waycross, (Georgia) U.S.A.
CU tobacco leaves.
Gen; view picking tobacco.
CU view man picking tobacco.
Semi view mule pulling container of tobacco.
View unloading wagon.
Gen. view & CU auction.
View of man's hands holding tobacco.
CU of man shouting. Gen. view walking along with auctioneer.
CU view of auctioneer. CU auctioneer passing camera.
Sound Effects. Sound of Auctioneer selling tobacco in traditional 'language'.
United States of America; Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries; Dialect; Shops and Shopping
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