Why Girls Leave Home 1914

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A group of men and women see a poster of the play 'Why Girls Leave Home'. (or A Danger Signal On The Path of Folly). They decide as a group to go and see this moral tale.
A man is dictating a letter to his secretary. Another woman comes in (possibly his daughter)...

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Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
60780
Sort Number:
UN 0001 J (E)
Time in/Out:
01:26:33:00 / 01:38:42:00
Canister:
UN 1 J (E)
Film ID:
1830.04
Issue Date:

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Newsreels
Categories
Religion & Politics
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NAT SOC ANTISEMITISM

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