Women At Work Dublin Issue 1942

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Titles read: "WOMEN AT WORK".

Location of events unknown.

Various good shots of women working at jobs traditionally done by men. Women as crane drivers, shipbuilders, riveters, painting a railway bridge. A steam train goes by as the women sit painting. Commentator says "They're giving...

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Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
43720
Sort Number:
42/023
Time in/Out:
01:36:08:00 / 01:37:56:00
Canister:
42/23 Dublin
Film ID:
1320.23
Issue Date:
19/03/1942

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