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First women on the front line

Title
First women on the front line
Genre
Interview
TX Date
7 Sep 1990
Year of production
1990
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Duration
00:04:20
Description
Interviews with two British women (Sue Pepper and Julie Cornah(?)?) from the Royal Army Medical Corps in Saudi Arabia, where they are setting up a military hospital. They talk about their equipment, when they will be operational, how it feels being the first women sent to the front line, the weather, conforming to the religious culture, and magazine censorship. Female interviewer not identified (poss. Nicky Broyd).
Contributors
Nicky Broyd?; Sue Pepper?; Julie Cornah(?)?
Keywords
Armed forces; Health services; Censorship; Women; Medical personnel; Military personnel; Periodicals; Saudi Arabia; Wars (events); Gulf War (1990-1991); Islamic law; Military hospitals

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