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Country Lads
Short Film (Full Length) – 1941
Our army, ourselves ... civilian into soldier. It’s an old story, but this time it is about us, and that makes it different. There is no goose-stepping here, just the swinging stride of free men who have put on their working clothes and got into step for the biggest job ever tackled.– The narrator
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