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W.R.A.F.'s (1940)

WRAF's serve food in RAF mess and exercise next to a plane in 1940.

Beautiful Bombs From Canada (1941)

Scrap metal is turned into bombs at a factory in Canada.

X Marks The Spot (1945)

Scenes at poling boots across London on voting day.

Underground Factories (1942)

Underground offices and factory of the Ministry of Aircraft Production.

Girl Jockeys In Thrilling Race (1940)

Horse race for female jockeys organised by Australian Cavalry...

Letters From Home

Letters travel from home to the men onboard ships.

Polish Women Troops (1943)

Polish women soldiers at training.

Norwegian Camera Persons (1945)

Male and female military and naval camera operators from Norway use...

Berlin After War (1940)

Woman demonstrates her diving ability.

Us Navy Relief Centre (1940-1949)

American sailors learning various skills in US Navy relief centre.

Girls Outside Factory. (1944)

Footage of women workers standing outside factory.

Women In Uniform (1940)

Women of the Australian WAAF - they train with weapons and then slap on the war...

Miss Tommy Atkins (1915-1920)

Footage of women soldiers on parade.

Ten Gun Terror Of The Skies (1941)

Bristol Beaufighter fighter planes under construction in aircraft...

French Lady Footballers (1922)

No shots of the girls playing - they lay a wreath at the Cenotaph and...

Japan's Women Step In AKA Japans Women Step In (1946)

Japan's first democratic elections, women...

Action! By American Ambulance Units (1940)

British ambulance girls show off their skills - in...

Gdynia - Poles And Wives Go Home (1948)

Polish war veterans with British wives go home.

Israel - Girls Train To Defend (1955)

Young Jewish girls join the Army for training course.

A. A. Battery Gets A Jerry (1943)

Antiaircraft Chief presents coastal battery with pieces of German...

Women War Workers In South Africa (1940)

Good shots of women working in a munitions factory.

Women With Prisoners (1945)

Women visit prisoners of war.

Factory Making Bikes And Mini Bikes (1943)

Factory workers make folding bicycles and mini motorbikes...

Chestnut Tree In Forest (1945)

Canadian naval woman looks at Chestnut tree.

Women's Army A.T.S. Parade (1945)

Parade by women from the Auxiliary Territorial Service.

Gi Rest Camp (1946)

GIs on leave in Japan, the Nampei Hotel at Karuizawa.

Syria Trains Volunteers (1957)

Men and women volunteers training to be soldiers, Syria.

Recruiting Women's Land Army (1914-1918)

Drives to recruit women to the Land Army.

Manned By Women (1943)

Pathe visits one of the searchlight posts operated by women.

Fun Fare Out There (1943)

British troops having fun between the battles in Tunisia.

Waafs And Barrage Balloon (1941)

Sturdy WAAFs are trained in barrage balloon duty.

Mass Tennis Instruction (1941)

Doris Davison teaches tennis in Newcastle to women war workers.

Smart, I'll Say They Are (1941)

The Women's Auxiliary branch of the Australian Air Force practise...

Women Troops For Polish / Russian War AKA Poland's Army Of Amazons (1920)

Footage of a Women's...

More Tanks For Russia (1942)

British-built tanks are given a final test before being shipped to Russia.

Mrs Chamberlain Reviews Ats (1939)

Footage of Mrs Chamberlain reviewing women of the ATS.

From East And West And North And South (1926)

Women from Oxford march to London as part of the...

S A Women Despatch Riders AKA South African Women Despatch Riders (1940)

Women from the South...

You Can't Be Too Careful (1940)

Acted out scenes showing checks against Fifth Columnists in England.

Girl Dentists (1920)

An item about female dentists bound for Europe to take up their duties with the...

Gulls Eggs (1941)

Gulls eggs are collected off the coast of Cumberland during the egg shortage.

Women Parachute Packers (1969)

WRAF parachute packers make parachute jumps. Oxfordshire.

Ats Pay Parade AKA A.T.S. (1939)

Women of the Auxiliary Territorial Service collect their pay.

Making Gas Masks (1940)

Good scenes of women working in a South African Gas Mask factory.

Wrns Recruiting Trailer (1949)

A short trailer film encouraging women to join the WRNS.

Japan's Women Step In (1946)

Japanese elections lead to riots.

Marines On Parade

Royal Marines give fine display of drill - possibly at Passing Out Parade.