Navy takes women on board

Title

Navy takes women on board

Genre

Interview

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1990

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Duration

00:08:01

Description

HMS Brilliant is laying to rest a Navy tradition of having no women on board, they may even be going to the frontline in the Gulf crisis. Here are a series of interviews with WRNs onboard, unidentified apart from Helen Smithers who speaks on on her role in radar. Male interviewer not identified.

Contributors

Helen Smithers

Keywords

Women; Equal opportunity; Navy; Gulf War (1990-1991); Naval personnel; HMS Brilliant; Tradition

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