A Plucky Woman 1940

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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...

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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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