Toy Army To Beat German Army 1940

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Full title reads: "Toy Army To Beat German Army".

MS of toy aircraft and clockwork toy tanks on a table.

MS Women making dolls. The finished dolls are placed on a conveyor belt (very odd shot).

MS Doll's pram being crated for export.

VS of crates of toys marked...

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Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
20989
Sort Number:
40/061
Time in/Out:
01:32:33:00 / 01:33:23:00
Canister:
40/61
Film ID:
1051.29
Issue Date:
29/07/1940

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