| WOMEN GAS WORK WORKERS Women shovelling coal and doing traditional men's work at gas works. | ||
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| Tape Master: | 5145 | |
| Catalog #: | 366821 | |
| Clip Number: | 366821-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | ON 140 C | |
| Timecode: | 01:16:24 - 01:17:26 | |
| Location: | England | |
| Year Shot: | 1917 (Estimated Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | BEHAVIOR, HUMAN: Gender roles INDUSTRY/POWER & ENERGY: Natural Gas LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England OCCUPATIONS: Women WORLD WAR ONE, HOMEFRONT: War Work | |
| Description: | World War One.; homefront. Women War workers at a Gas Works. GV women in what looks like a room full of sand! They are shovelling -- in fact this looks useless and silly; because there are 2 big piles or ridges of sand; and women at each one shovel sand and fling it toward the other one - almost like a fight. Weird. Unless they're just trying to spread it out. CU woman standing by smoking heap of something; pan to another woman - they also are using shovels. Next; 3 workers position a big bag under a chute. One picks it up over her back; carries it off. Labor. Industry; factory | |
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