| WOMEN LEAVE FOR AUSTRALIA ( aka SURPLUS WOMEN ) An item about ex-service women emigrating to Australia after the war. | ||
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| Tape Master: | 5204 | |
| Catalog #: | 245432 | |
| Clip Number: | 245432-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | G 649 | |
| Timecode: | 01:04:27 - 01:05:16 | |
| Location: | Tilbury, Essex | |
| Year Shot: | 1920 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | IMMIGRATION: To Empire from Great Britain LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England, Essex TRANSPORTATION/BOATS & SHIPS: Passenger Liners WORLD WAR TWO, GENERAL: Afterword (Epilogue) | |
| Description: | SURPLUS WOMEN? First batch of discharged W.A.A.C.s and Land Girls leave for their new home in New South Wales. Tilbury, Essex After the First World War, the female population is far greater than the male so many women were encouraged to emigrate. GV Crowd on deck of boat. High angled L/S of a crowded poop deck on a passenger liner - throngs of men, women and children look towards the camera. M/S of two girls in Land Army uniforms walk along the deck towards the camera. Nice C/U of the two girls - they look a bit embarrassed and smile in a self conscious way. Crowd of women on deck. Good high angle M/S of a group of women on the deck - they seem in very high spirits and wave handkerchiefs at the camera. | |
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