Aida Foster School 1959

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London.

L/S of a wall covered with black & white photographs of different girls. Cut to M/S of an elderly woman sitting at her desk. She is Ms Aida Foster, founder and headmistress of the unique school. Pupils in this school have all conventional, formal education, classes and they have extensive...

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Cataloguer:
Sanja
Stock:
Colour
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
1469
Sort Number:
CP 234
Time in/Out:
01:34:38:00 / 01:37:51:00
Canister:
CP 234
Film ID:
91.14
Issue Date:
22/06/1959

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  • For more footage of this story, see clip 2776.14.

    jamied 23rd Jun 2012

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