Scouts 1941

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No title - Scouts do their bit.

Somewhere in Northumberland.

Various shots of Boy Scouts sharpening an axe on a revolving wheel. Various shots as they chop trees, felled by woodcutters, into logs and put them in piles. Various shots as they saw them up. Various shots as they throw...

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
43197
Sort Number:
NSP 261
Time in/Out:
01:40:04:00 / 01:41:08:00
Canister:
NSP 261
Film ID:
1302.20
Issue Date:
03/04/1941

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