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"Backs To The Land" 1940
Description
Titles read: "BACKS TO THE LAND!"
Northamptonshire.
At an agriculture college we see various shots of women learning how to be land girls and work on farms. We see them in land army uniforms and wellington boots being taught how to prune fruit trees, feed chickens and pigs, dip sheep,...
Data
- Cataloguer:
- Sarah
- Stock:
- Black & White
- Sound:
- Sound
- Media URN:
- 41326
- Sort Number:
- PT 511
- Time in/Out:
- 01:57:20:00 / 01:59:02:00
- Canister:
- PT 511
- Film ID:
- 1196.32
- Issue Date:
- 15/01/1940
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