Our Women Of Today Bishop's Stortford Farming… 1914-1918

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Our women of today - wonderful efficiency at Bishop's Stortford farming competition.

Hertfordshire.

Various shots of women at various agricultural tasks. Opens with women cutting hay. Then a race of hoeing rows. Shot of woman driving a cart (with horse). CU woman hitching up horse...

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Cataloguer:
Cheri
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
72014
Sort Number:
ON 058 F
Time in/Out:
01:28:43:00 / 01:29:38:00
Canister:
ON 058 F
Film ID:
1872.35
Issue Date:
1914 - 1918

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