Day Nursery Issue Title - Bless 'em All 1942

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Day nursery.

London.

M/S of blitzed buildings in London. M/S as a group of mothers with their toddlers and babies walk towards the day nursery, which used to be an old convent. Various good interior shots of the children playing, drinking, eating and sleeping. Some sleep outside in...

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
49736
Sort Number:
NSP 332
Time in/Out:
01:19:20:00 / 01:21:11:00
Canister:
NSP 332
Film ID:
1550.09
Issue Date:
10/08/1942

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