Austerity Baby On Sleeve As Ausie Strong… 1943

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Part of issue LOOK OUT.

Adelaide, Australia.

Various shots of city's "Austerity Baby", 3 year old Henry Morton. Henry wears only a pair of shorts and his "Austerity" sash. We see him in the park pushing round the roundabout and going down slide. We see him sitting on back of his mother's...

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Cataloguer:
Amelia
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
50163
Sort Number:
NSP 374
Time in/Out:
01:37:47:00 / 01:38:44:00
Canister:
NSP 374
Film ID:
1562.22
Issue Date:
07/06/1943

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