Learning on ScreenMovietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Railways Find Women’s Help Invaluable
Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 5 / 8
- Section Title
- Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Women Railway Workers. DESCRIPTION: Women are doing many of the jobs on the railways, working signals and maintenance work. SHOTLIST: 1. Gang of women are seen clearing a Pacific type engine, LNER. 2. CU of woman cleaning wheel. 3. Woman cleaning flue. 4. Woman lighting fire. 5. Girls greasing points. 6. First woman railway guard. 7. Shots of interior of signal box. 8. Girls operating signals. 9. CU of girl operating telegraph. 10. Gang of women painting railway bridge. Also CUs. 11. Woman painting high signal. 12. Good shot of train passing under bridge.
- Keywords
- Communications; Industry and manufacture
- Card file number
- 42188
- Credits:
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- Camera
- James Humphries
- Commentator
- Leslie Mitchell
- Length of story (in feet)
- 80
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