| CAR DUMP Female workers salvage old cars | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 7065 |
| Catalog #: | 510915 | |
| Clip Number: | 510915-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | NSP 377 | |
| Timecode: | 01:31:53 - 01:32:50 | |
| Location: | Crystal Palace, London. | |
| Year Shot: | 1943 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | BEHAVIOR, HUMAN: Gender roles INDUSTRY: Waste Management, Recycling LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England, London OCCUPATIONS: Women TRANSPORTATION/AUTOMOBILE: Junk/Scrapyards WORLD WAR TWO, HOMEFRONT: War Work | |
| Description: | CAR DUMP Female workers salvage old cars Crystal Palace, London. Camera pans across cast-off Government cars at Crystal Palace waiting to go for salvage. Various shots of tyres and scrap metal. A steamroller flattens the metal. M/S as a woman worker puts on gloves made from old car upholstery. Various shots as the women sort through the scrap. M/S as old bearings are melted down and made into solder. M/S of the female workers. | |
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