Women Bricklayers 1954

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Enfield Middlesex.

MS. Woman, Mrs Hilda Smith, gathering in her washing off the line, & CS. MS. She places the washing in a bowl and carries it into the house. MS. Woman walking round side of house and through a gate - Mrs Smith's neighbour Mrs Joan Donovan. MLS. She walks towards a basket...

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Cataloguer:
Sanja
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
44437
Sort Number:
NP 532
Time in/Out:
01:26:59:00 / 01:29:08:00
Canister:
NP 532
Film ID:
1347.15
Issue Date:
22/11/1954

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