War and the Camera with a commentary delivered by Lionel Gamlin (Courtesy of the BBC): Women Air Mechanics

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

686A

Date Released

30 Jul 1942

Date submitted

Jul 1942

Date submitted

21 Jul 1942

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1War and the Camera with a commentary delivered by Lionel Gamlin (Courtesy of the BBC): US Gift of Tea Cars
2. 2War and the Camera with a commentary delivered by Lionel Gamlin (Courtesy of the BBC): Gtc on Parade
3. 3War and the Camera with a commentary delivered by Lionel Gamlin (Courtesy of the BBC): Women Air Mechanics
4. 4War and the Camera with a commentary delivered by Lionel Gamlin (Courtesy of the BBC): Army and Air Force Grow More Foot
5. 5War and the Camera with a commentary delivered by Lionel Gamlin (Courtesy of the BBC): Malta Today
6. 6War and the Camera with a commentary delivered by Lionel Gamlin (Courtesy of the BBC): The "Mustang"
7. *War and the Camera with a commentary delivered by Lionel Gamlin (Courtesy of the BBC): Police Parade

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 6

Section Title

War and the Camera with a commentary delivered by Lionel Gamlin (Courtesy of the BBC)

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Girl Aeroplane Mechanics. DESCRIPTION: American women are learning to be aircraft mechanics. SHOTLIST: Various shots of the girls at a Training School, where they learn the maintenance of aircraft. Shots of the girls at work on the plane, testing engines, etc. At the end there is a CU of a girl giving the thumbs up sign and a CU of another smiling.

Keywords

Education and training; Aviation

Footage sources

United States of America

Card file number

42625

Credits:

Commentator

Lionel James Gamlin

Length of story (in feet)

40

Story extras:

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