Nov 15, 1949
12 min
Full-HD

Growing Girls (1949)

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.

Winifred Holmes

Narrator

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Growing Girls (1949)

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