Women In Uniform 1940

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Full title reads: "Women In Uniform".

Australia.

MS. Lady Gowrie, wife of the Australian Governor General inspecting lines of Australian WAAFs (Womens Auxiliary Air Force).

Good shots of the Women getting training in flying, semaphore and car maintenance.

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Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
21149
Sort Number:
40/080
Time in/Out:
01:27:20:00 / 01:28:36:00
Canister:
40/80
Film ID:
1057.25
Issue Date:
03/10/1940

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