Soldiers Of The Free State 1922

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Full title reads: "Soldiers of Irish Free State receive first uniforms which, paradoxically enough, are almost identical with 'Tommy's".

Dublin, Eire (Southern Ireland, Republic of Ireland).

Interior. L/S of workshop full of women sewing. M/S of row of women sitting at sewing machines...

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Cataloguer:
Amelia
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
19375
Sort Number:
G 0846
Time in/Out:
01:50:18:00 / 01:51:47:00
Canister:
G 846
Film ID:
402.43
Issue Date:
30/01/1922

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