| WOMEN LOCO WORKERS Good item about women railway workers during the second world war. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 7063 |
| Catalog #: | 510854 | |
| Clip Number: | 510854-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | NSP 363 | |
| Timecode: | 01:10:09 - 01:11:21 | |
| Location: | England | |
| Year Shot: | 1943 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | BEHAVIOR, HUMAN: Gender roles INDUSTRY: Metal, Iron & Steel LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England OCCUPATIONS: Transportation OCCUPATIONS: Women TRANSPORTATION/RAIL: Misc WORLD WAR TWO, HOMEFRONT: War Work | |
| Description: | WOMEN LOCO WORKERS Good item about women railway workers during the second world war. Exact location of events unknown due to wartime censoring. L/S of three women walking past steam train at an LNER (London North Eastern Railway) yard in the North. C/U of wheels of locomotive. M/S of woman pulling lever. Several shots of woman (Mrs Blackwell) operating crane to lift it off the ground. M/S of Florence Salter operating drop stamp. M/S of Hilda Dixon pushing steel bars into red hot furnace. M/Ss of Mrs Southall using welding machine to repair boiler tubes. | |
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