Arp AKA Lady Reading Speaks On Arp 1938

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Titles read: "ARP".

Location of events unknown - probably Reading, Berkshire.

The Dowager Marchioness of Reading (Lady Reading) sits behind a desk in an office and makes a speech to camera about ARP - Air Raid Precaution. She talks of British women never failing to carry out self-imposed...

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Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
17279
Sort Number:
38/049
Time in/Out:
01:05:17:00 / 01:06:04:00
Canister:
38/49
Film ID:
971.08
Issue Date:
20/06/1938

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