Baby Boom Town 1947

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Titles read: "Baby Boom Town".

Swindon, Wiltshire.

Exterior shot of council maternity home in Swindon. This town is in the midst of a baby boom - "more babies per thousand of population are born in this bustling Wiltshire town than anywhere else in Britain".

Matron Miss Dora...

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Data

Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
44203
Sort Number:
NP 140
Time in/Out:
01:20:19:00 / 01:25:08:00
Canister:
NP 140
Film ID:
1339.11
Issue Date:
19/05/1947

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