Miss Tommy Atkins 1916

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Miss Tommy Atkins - women working for the army in 1916.

Location of events somewhere in Britain.

Women's Auxiliary Army Corps at work. Opens with CU woman in uniform starting truck by cranking the handle. Truck starting to drive out of garage. Truck parked outside garage; two WAACs...

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Data

Cataloguer:
Cheri
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
71577
Sort Number:
ON 024 C
Time in/Out:
01:31:34:00 / 01:33:00:00
Canister:
ON 024 C
Film ID:
1856.26
Issue Date:
1916

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