Gracie Fields Entertains The Troops 1939

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Titles read: 'GRACIE FIELDS entertains the Troops'.

This is duplicate of item in Pathe newsreel / gazette 39/92 - see separate record for details.

Gracie Fields entertains soldiers of the BEF (British Expeditionary Force) in France. She stands on a stage wearing a sparkly black top...

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Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
84078
Sort Number:
Turns 21 B
Time in/Out:
01:03:05:00 / 01:06:07:00
Canister:
Turns Can 21 B
Film ID:
2913.02
Issue Date:
23/11/1939

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