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The Extraordinary Adventures of a Quart of Milk

The Extraordinary Adventures of a Quart of Milk

1951•10.0/10
Documentary

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10.0/10(1)

Documentary short subject preserved by the Academy Film Archive, from the Marshall Plan Collection, in 2003.

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Production

Ministère de l'Agriculture

Language

FR

Status

Released

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Cast

Jean Rigaux

Jean Rigaux

(Narrator)

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