Women Farm Workers

Series

Series Name

Topical Budget

Issue

Issue No.

247-2

Date Released

20 May 1916

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Sightless Soldiers Recreation
2. 2Sinn Fein Rebels
3. 3Military Athletic Meeting
4. 4Solemn Procession at Holloway
5. 5Women Farm Workers

Story

Story No. within this Issue

5 / 5

Summary

[SUBTITLE]: "Women land workers, who are replacing men on farms driving home and milking the cows, feeding pigs and calves. More recruits are still wanted by the Women’s’ National Land Service Corps." Women in overalls and smocks coming through a gate from a group of buildings. One of the women driving a herd of cows through a gateway. Women crossing the farmyard carrying buckets. One of the women feeding a calf from a bucket of milk. Two women feeding the pigs. Two women getting water from a stream.

Keywords

Industry and manufacture

Length of story (in feet)

54

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Film Archive

Name

British Film Institute (BFI)

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Notes

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