British Women's Legion - Splendid Work At… 1914-1918

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British women's legion - splendid work at Oakham by our new food providers. Leicestershire.

Women war workers. Opens with shot of tall haystack; with a woman agriculture worker using a pitchfork to toss hay to the top; where another woman flattens it on the stack. Women work at some sort of...

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Cataloguer:
Cheri
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
72617
Sort Number:
ON 092 D
Time in/Out:
01:45:34:00 / 01:46:35:00
Canister:
ON 092 D
Film ID:
1892.46
Issue Date:
1914 - 1918

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