War Havens For Babies 1941

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Title reads: "War Havens for Babies".

London and unknown location in countryside.

Women's Voluntary Service Centre accommodating children under age of 5. They are war orphans or children whose parents are in the services or whose families are broken up by war.

C/U of a nurse...

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Data

Cataloguer:
Amelia
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
37802
Sort Number:
41/014
Time in/Out:
01:48:37:00 / 01:50:10:00
Canister:
41/14
Film ID:
1069.38
Issue Date:
17/02/1941

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