Growing Girls

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Growing Girls

1949

0h 12m

6.5(2 votes)

Documentary

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After several farmyard analogies featuring chicks and calves, the well-spoken narrator and director of the film, Winifred Holmes, considers the subject of girls and how they reach adulthood and readiness for the 'important job of motherhood.

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Directed by: Winifred Holmes
Produced by: Oswald Skilbeck

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