New Women's Reserve 1933

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Full title reads: "London. New Women's Reserve, raised by Commandant Mary Allen, hold first rally."

London.

Commandant Mary Allen - in uniform - addresses gathering of Women's Reserve about the role they would have to play in a civil emergency. The audience appear to be made up of...

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Data

Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
8417
Sort Number:
33/098
Time in/Out:
01:49:28:00 / 01:50:55:00
Canister:
33/98
Film ID:
739.41
Issue Date:
07/12/1933

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