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A Plucky Woman 1940
Description
Full title reads: "A Plucky Woman".
VS MSs and CUs. of Mrs Norman Caldwell in the garden of her farm, she won the OBE for arresting a German airman who parachuted into a field near her home. She is seen looking after her horses and reading a letter.
VS MSs and CUs of Mrs Bristow whose...
Data
- Cataloguer:
- Mark
- Stock:
- Black & White
- Sound:
- Sound
- Media URN:
- 20953
- Sort Number:
- 40/057
- Time in/Out:
- 01:51:37:00 / 01:52:51:00
- Canister:
- 40/57
- Film ID:
- 1049.47
- Issue Date:
- 15/07/1940
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