Million Ducks Have Christmas Dinner

Series

Series Name

British Paramount News

Issue

Issue No.

1755

Date Released

25 Dec 1947

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Mountbatten Attends Jaipur Silver Jubilee
2. 2Million Ducks Have Christmas Dinner
3. 3Mont’s [Sic] Son Follows Father’s Footsteps
4. 4Wales Beat Wallabies

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 4

Summary

Enormous flocks of wild duck from Canada invade Louisiana rice fields where crops was ruined by autumn hurricane.

Keywords

Weather; Agriculture; Birds

Library number

16659

Length of story (in feet)

95

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Reuters Archive Licensing: Screen Ocean

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