Plough Girls 1917

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Plough Girls (Land Girls) of Godalming.

Surrey.

MS woman leading horses towing a rake, another woman guides it at the back. CU woman holding two baskets of potatoes and smiling.

CU woman farm worker cutting turnips in garden. More women doing same; pan across. MS women hoeing...

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Cataloguer:
Cheri
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
71795
Sort Number:
ON 045 H
Time in/Out:
01:13:22:00 / 01:14:27:00
Canister:
ON 045 H
Film ID:
1866.12
Issue Date:
1917

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