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Category
Sound
Related period
1990 to the present day (production), Second World War (content)
Creator
IWM (Production company)
Smith, Lyn E (recorder)
Barnett, Gwendoline Morfydd (interviewee/speaker)
Production date
1997
Dimensions

whole: Duration 120, Number Of Items 4

Catalogue number
17522

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