Help Pick Potatoes 1944-1945

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Title reads: "Help Pick Potatoes".

Ministry of Information Government official.

Location unspecified.

Shots of comic cricket match. People in fields with potatoes, people eating. Message appears 'Apply to the Ministry of Agriculture 1-3 St Andrews Place, regents Park NW1'....

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Cataloguer:
Agnew
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
84283
Sort Number:
48/047 (TRAILERS)
Time in/Out:
01:58:54:00 / 01:59:56:00
Canister:
48/47 (TRAILERS)
Film ID:
2919.41
Issue Date:
22/11/1945

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