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Pictorial Parade No. 23 - Pumicelands
Short Film (Full Length) – 1954
For each man the next few years will mean plenty of hard work – subdividing his farm, increasing its yield and paying off the mortgage – but with a farm he can call his own, a good house and a good lady to run it, well, life’s grand!– Narrator
That’s a big house for a man with no wife?– Kiwi Bloke #1
A man’s right now – got a cage – shouldn’t have any trouble finding a bird.– Kiwi Bloke #2
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