Flowers For Victory 1945

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Item title reads - Flowers for victory.

Codshall, near Wolverhampton. West Midlands.

C/U of Russell lupins in a shop window. M/S as Mrs Gardener calls her husband Henry over to look at them. Various shots of fields full of the prize winning flowers grown by George Russell. M/S as Mrs...

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
45247
Sort Number:
NP 049
Time in/Out:
01:39:22:00 / 01:40:39:00
Canister:
NP 49
Film ID:
1383.18
Issue Date:
20/08/1945

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