Hackney Babies Issue Title - Much Ado 1943

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Hackney babies.

North London.

L/S exterior of big house which has become a day nursery for children of working mothers. L/S as they play in the garden outside. Girls play by dolls' house and boys play in the sandpit. Various shots of the children, and the toddlers in their playpen....

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
50255
Sort Number:
NSP 384
Time in/Out:
01:00:28:00 / 01:02:35:00
Canister:
NSP 384
Film ID:
1566.01
Issue Date:
09/08/1943

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