Socks, Shorts, Shoes AKA Boy Engineers Issue… 1942

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Socks, Shorts, Shoes (aka Boy Engineers). Part of the ALL THE LATEST! issue.

Somewhere in northern England.

At a shipyard "somewhere in the north" we see various shots of teenage boy engineers at work, doing jobs that were previously done by men who have joined the services. In the...

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Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
49792
Sort Number:
NSP 337
Time in/Out:
01:05:33:00 / 01:07:11:00
Canister:
NSP 337
Film ID:
1552.03
Issue Date:
14/09/1942

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