Arms And The Girls 1941

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Item title reads - Arms and the Girls.

South of England.

50 girls from a factory march along in their specially bought uniforms and are put through Home Guard training. C/U of the sign on their uniform - "Me Guard". The war office has ruled that women are not to be enrolled in the...

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
39560
Sort Number:
41/092
Time in/Out:
01:26:10:00 / 01:26:55:00
Canister:
41/92
Film ID:
1137.19
Issue Date:
17/11/1941

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