Yesterday Is Over Your Shoulder
1940 · 8 min · Documentary, Drama
A wartime short encouraging workers to join free, government-organised engineering training schemes.
Directed by Thorold Dickinson · Written by Donald Bull
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Robertson Hare Mr Anyman -
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Ernest Bevin Himself - H Herbert Hodge Commentary
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