Girl on the Line

Series

Series Name

Pathe News

Issue

Issue No.

67/5

Date Released

15 Jan 1967

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Fashion Tear-Up
2. 2Wonder Wheels
3. 3Girl on the Line
4. 4Orange Wedding

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 4

Summary

An unusual sight in a London suburb recently was a girl at the top of a telegraph pole. She is Jackie Hunter, a 25 year old with big ambitions. She is the first woman telephone engineer for the Post Office, and is training as an executive communications engineer.

Keywords

Women; Communications

Locations

Hendon

Credits:

Camera

S. M. F. Plummer

Length of story (in feet)

109

Story extras:

Film clip

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Phone

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Notes

Pathe now also handles the Reuters Historical Collection, which includes the British Paramount, Empire British, Gaumont Graphic and Gaumont British newsreels.

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