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Jane Brown changes her job
In this extract a woman who served in the Women’s Voluntary Service describes some of the work she and her friends did in an aircraft factory.&...
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Food from the Empire
This short clip shows butter and cheese making in New Zealand. The clip opens with shots of various cheese products and then cuts to cattle grazing...
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Britannia is a woman
This short clip shows a range of jobs carried out by women in the armed forces during the war. It includes scenes of women on parade, and also coo...
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Dustbin Parade
A Halas and Batchelor cartoon on the need for scrap. The animation shows a wide range of waste items being converted into useful items. Old hot wat...
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Warwork News No.36
In this sequence a young girl, Rita, is on her way to school. A very stern and posh lady describes how Rita’s clothes have all been made from othe...
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Try and get yourself a bit of kip
Soldiering is described as being a bit boring! Henry explains how a lot of time is spent doing little or nothing. He tells us that the main action ...
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National Service - Women’s Land Army
This short clip consists of a romantic scene in which a noble woman runs a horse drawn plough across the field. It is taken from a recruiting film ...
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Gripping his throat
This clip explains the different types of gases used and their effects. He gives a harrowing description of one soldier who was badly burned by gas...
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Stuff your pockets with lots of grub
Henry explains that the kitchens are about a mile from the front line trenches. He describes how different types of food are carried up to the fron...
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Emily Davison killed at 1913 Derby
Opening title says Tattenham Corner, followed by scenes of horses racing past. A new title then tells us ‘Suffragette killed in attempt to pull do...
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Women making munitions
The film goes straight in to show women using heavy engineering machinery such as belt driven lathes. We see women on the production line assemblin...
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Inspecting captured German defences
In this short sequence we see Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig inspecting the wrecked remains of the Hindenburg Line, Germany’s strongest line of de...
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And you’re up and you’re over
Henry explains how the order comes and the whistle blows and he has to go over the top. He describes the fear and also the shell and bullet fire co...
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The Battle of the Somme 1916
This sequence opens with a title commenting on the supply operation to make the attack on the Somme possible. We then see a panning shot of a vast ...
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Or you’ll get it shot off
This short extract sees Henry explaining that experienced soldiers were very wary of putting their heads, hands or anything else over the top of t...
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Comes the order to fix bayonets
Henry opens by explaining how the soldiers often worried about being killed or injured. Soldiers often gambled, partly because death could be sudd...
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Battle of the Somme 1916
This clip gives us a detailed view of preparations for the attack at the Somme. We see vast ammunition dumps followed by busy scenes of trucks movi...
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Edwardian Folkestone at play 1904
In this clip we see people bathing in the sea with interesting details like the bathing booths. Later people are shown having portrait photos taken...
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