Nurses Off Duty 1948

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Gravesend, Kent.

Two off-duty nurses, Myra Glossop and Gladys Barker, wearing overcoats and hats walk down a suburban street. They go into the house they share together as commentator tells us today is their day off.

The next morning we see the two women sitting up in their twin beds,...

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Data

Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
34083
Sort Number:
NP 176
Time in/Out:
01:02:37:00 / 01:03:45:00
Canister:
NP 176
Film ID:
1247.02
Issue Date:
26/01/1948

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