First News Of 1946 1946

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Title reads: "First News of 1946".

Queen Charlotte's Maternity Hospital, London.

Comical item about an expectant father.

M/S of expectant father sitting nervously next to nurse at desk. He looks at his watch and fidgets. We hear a baby cry and the father cranes his neck....

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Cataloguer:
Amelia
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
44933
Sort Number:
46/001
Time in/Out:
01:06:00:00 / 01:07:03:00
Canister:
46/1
Film ID:
1372.06
Issue Date:
03/01/1946

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