Women Traffic Cops Dublin Issue 1942

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Titles read: "WOMEN TRAFFIC COPS" (Dublin issue).

Oakland, California, United States of America.

Several shots of 500 women of all ages being sworn in as traffic cops on the steps of a large building. They wear white capes and natty forage hats. A policeman stands before them and they...

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Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
43747
Sort Number:
42/026
Time in/Out:
01:26:56:00 / 01:27:40:00
Canister:
42/26 Dublin
Film ID:
1322.17
Issue Date:
30/03/1942

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