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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British Pathe Ltd
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Web
https://www.britishpathe.com/
Phone
0207 665 8340
Address
3.29 Canterbury Court
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SW9 6DE
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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