Pest Control 1948

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Orsett, nr Grays, Essex.

M/S of Land Army girl speaking on telephone. M/S of girl leaving hut. M/S of girl getting map from van. Various shots of three Land Army girls studying map. C/U of girl entering van. Other girls climb into back of van, van drives off. The girls are the Land Army's Colorado...

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Data

Cataloguer:
Amelia
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
34151
Sort Number:
NP 212
Time in/Out:
01:08:35:00 / 01:10:19:00
Canister:
NP 212
Film ID:
1261.06
Issue Date:
04/10/1948

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  • I am so thrilled to find this clip, one of the girls is my mother. I remember her telling me about being filmed, she is the one who finds the beetle on the plant.

    helenblackwell 26th Jan 2013

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