The WAAF Are Proud Today

Series

Series Name

Pathe Gazette

Issue

Issue No.

40/59

Date Released

22 Jul 1940

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1First Woman Naval Doctor
2. 2American Ambulance Gift
3. 3Children’s "Work to Win" Brigade
4. 4RAF Recruit
5. 5Picture Paragraphs
6. 6The WAAF Are Proud Today
7. 7Pathe Gazette Special: Air Drama off the Coast

Story

Story No. within this Issue

6 / 7

Summary

WAAF recruiting film, showing the girls plotting, doing physical fitness exercises, the week’s outstanding figure in the force Assistant Section Officer Daphne Pearson who was awarded the Empire Gallantry Medal for rescuing the pilot of a burning plane at the risk of her life.

Keywords

Women; Propaganda

Length of story (in feet)

145

Story extras:

Film clip

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Name

British Pathe Ltd

Email

info@britishpathe.com

Web

https://www.britishpathe.com/

Phone

0207 665 8340

Address

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Notes

Pathe now also handles the Reuters Historical Collection, which includes the British Paramount, Empire British, Gaumont Graphic and Gaumont British newsreels.

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