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1938 POLITICS / QUIRKY: Lloyd George uses water diviner to discover well
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1:26Now PlayingDate: 23rd May 1938
Location: England, United Kingdom
Source: Reuters Historical News Collection: BRITISH PARAMOUNT NEWSREEL (REUTERS)
ENGLAND: Churt:
Gen. view field showing sprays working / Lloyd George & water out of pipe / Gen. view Lloyd George talks / Mrs. Wyly with divining rod / rod jerks up / hazel twig / Lloyd George pan down to sprays working / sprays working / Mrs. Lloyd George (Dame Margaret) presents piece of scotch tartan to Mrs. Wyly / Lloyd George.
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Sound Effects. Lloyd George says that the soil was very dry and barren, but that Mrs. Wyly found a very powerful current with a hazel twig
Personalities - Politicians; Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries; David Lloyd George, 1st Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor (1863-1945), Great Britain
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