| COMMANDOS OR HARVEST THATCHING GIRLS Land girls rake and bale hay as well as collecting straw for thatching. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 7067 |
| Catalog #: | 511019 | |
| Clip Number: | 511019-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | NSP 390 | |
| Timecode: | 01:38:41 - 01:40:38 | |
| Location: | England | |
| Year Shot: | 1943 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | FARMING: Grain, Hay FARMING: Harvest LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England OCCUPATIONS: Argiculture / Farming / Raching OCCUPATIONS: Women ORGANIZATIONS: Women, WLA (Women's Land Army) | |
| Description: | COMMANDOS OR HARVEST THATCHING GIRLS Land girls rake and bale hay as well as collecting straw for thatching. Land girls march along with their rakes and start to rake the hay into piles. All the women wear trousers. Various shots as they begin to fork it into a mechanical baler, various shots of the machine in action. They stack the bales up afterwards. Various shots as other girls collect straw for thatching, it is then fed into a mechanical thatching machine. Various shots as they thatch the stacks themselves. M/S of girls in the hay eating sandwiches. | |
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