Kids Clothes AKA Child Mannequins Try Clothes… 1941

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Part of MANY THANKS issue.

Melbourne, Australia.

Child mannequins try clothes for bombed British children. Various shots of women from Melbourne University making clothes and dolls for British children. Various shots of children modelling the clothes made by the women. They are mainly...

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Cataloguer:
Amelia
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
43395
Sort Number:
NSP 281
Time in/Out:
01:00:35:00 / 01:01:35:00
Canister:
NSP 281
Film ID:
1310.01
Issue Date:
18/08/1941

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Cinemagazines
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Lifestyle & Culture War & Revolution Religion & Politics
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australia UK

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