Boy Munition Worker

Series

Series Name

Topical Budget

Issue

Issue No.

246-1

Date Released

10 May 1916

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1The Cyclist’s Corps
2. 2US Warehouse Fire
3. 3London’s May Queen
4. 4Lusitania Day
5. 5Boy Munition Worker

Story

Story No. within this Issue

5 / 5

Summary

13 year old boy using capstan lathe, making parts for searchlights. Close shot of hands at work. Demonstration of lathe actually done by woman, but item ends with boy operating lathe.

Keywords

Women; Industry and manufacture; Youth

Length of story (in feet)

58

This series is held by:

Film Archive

Name

British Film Institute (BFI)

Email

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nonfictioncurators@bfi.org.uk
For commercial/footage reuse enquiries:
footage.films@bfi.org.uk

Web

http://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web

Phone

020 7255 1444

Fax

020 7580 7503

Address

21 Stephen Street
London W1T 1LN

Notes

The BFI National Archive also preserves the original nitrate film copies of British Movietone News, British Paramount News, Empire News Bulletin, Gaumont British News, Gaumont Graphic, Gaumont Sound News and Universal News (the World War II years are covered by the Imperial War Museum).

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