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Workers' Playtime

Dimensions
3 mins 10 secs film or 5 mins 50 secs loop

What do we mean by 'labour' in the digital age? A contemporary reboot of the morale raising BBC radio show, 'Workers' Playtime', which was broadcast from the factory floor throughout the 1940s and 1950s. The music used on the soundtrack is 'Calling All Workers' by Eric Coates which featured in the radio show. Production Date 2011

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