Object details

Category
Sound
Related period
1945-1989 (production), First World War (content), First World War (association)
Creator
Sandford, Rita (Production company)
Pilbeam, Kathleen (recorder)
Pilbeam, Robert William (interviewee/speaker)
Pilbeam, Maude (interviewee/speaker)
Production date
1966
Dimensions

whole: Duration 7, Number Of Items 1

Catalogue number
34734

Object associations

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