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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