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More Winners – Boy Soldiers 1990

1910 legislation required boys between 14 and 17 to register for compulsory military training . Will Barnes, a brave 14-year-old conscientious objector, refused.

Length: 47 minutes, 58 seconds

Taken from the feature series More Winners

Original aspect ratio: 4 x 3 (TV)
Original classification rating: G

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