| NAVVIES IN SKIRTS Women take jobs as navvies during World War One. | ||
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| Tape Master: | 5101 | |
| Catalog #: | 365196 | |
| Clip Number: | 365196-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | ON 8 G | |
| Timecode: | 01:39:28 - 01:40:41 | |
| Location: | England | |
| Year Shot: | 1916 (Estimated Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | BEHAVIOR, HUMAN: Gender roles LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England OCCUPATIONS: Laborers OCCUPATIONS: Women WORLD WAR ONE, HOMEFRONT: War Work | |
| Description: | NAVVIES IN SKIRTS Women take jobs as navvies during World War One. Pan along line of women in long skirts shoveling rocks from a huge pile; 15 feet high. Then a line of female laborers approaching; pushing full wheelbarrow. Shot looking down line of square openings at ground level; some with boards laid across; dark buildings in BG; whole scene very Dickensian. The women workers push wheelbarrows out and dump their loads into the openings. Next; a great shot of woman pushing the wheelbarrow forward and dumping rocks into what seems to be a big open cellar; with absolutely gigantic pile of rocks behind her; other women at work. Proletariat; heavy; strength; the sexes; | |
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