Starting Young! 1939

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Titles read: "STARTING YOUNG!"

Cape Town, South Africa.

Various shots of the Lady Buxton childrens' home / nursery at Claremont show children playing with games and painting at easels, then washing their hands and eating at tables. A girl and boy wash up at a tiny sink, then the children...

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Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
41295
Sort Number:
PT 507
Time in/Out:
01:00:40:00 / 01:01:35:00
Canister:
PT 507
Film ID:
1196.01
Issue Date:
18/12/1939

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