WREN's In Their Nests 1941

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Title reads: "Wrens in their nests".

Location of events unknown.

New recruits for women's navy (WRENs) in training.

M/S of young women asleep in hammocks, quick pan to an alarm clock. A male officer enters to wake the women up. Various shots of girls climbing from their...

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Cataloguer:
Amelia
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
38670
Sort Number:
41/028
Time in/Out:
01:33:24:00 / 01:34:46:00
Canister:
41/28
Film ID:
1111.31
Issue Date:
07/04/1941

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