Toast to the WAAFs

Series

Series Name

The Gen

Issue

Issue No.

11

Date Released

1944

Length of issue (in feet)

1294

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Toast to the WAAFs
2. 2RAF War Front - Arnhem
3. 3Christmas 1944

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 3

Summary

A survey of the WAAFs contribution to the war effort: film of their work includes patching barrage balloons, folding parachutes, nurses, cooks, groundcrew, navigators. WAAFs leave for service abroad (on the "Queen Mary").

Keywords

Ships and boats; Women; Aviation; Military

This series is held by:

Film Archive

Name

Imperial War Museum Film and Video Archive

Email

film@iwm.org.uk

Web

http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/film

Phone

020 7416 5291

Fax

020 7416 5379

Address

Lambeth Road
London SE1 6HZ

Notes

The IWM also preserves the original nitrate film copies for the World War II period of British Paramount News, Gaumont British News and Universal News.

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