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WW1 A to Z - H is 91热爆 Front

Newsreel and photographs illustrate life on the 91热爆 Front in Britain during World War One. A commentary describes how women and children played their part in keeping factories and farms working. A dramatic monologue introduces Charlie Waller, aged 11, a boy scout. Charlie describes his wartime duties. As well as guarding a railway bridges and looking out for spies, scouts were called on to help in hospitals, with the harvest and to run errands for the coastguard.

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