WORK 1940'S - British Pathé

Work 1940's

: Charladies March (1949); Tea ladies demand an increase in their wages.

: Apprentice Builders (1948); Young builders learning their trade in Croydon.

: Domestic School (1948); Girls are trained for domestic work at a Goverment-sponsored centre in Somerset.

: Fair Cop (1945); Policewomen are given training at Peel House in London.

: Older Workers Are Still Wanted In Their Jobs - Trailer (1948); Ministry of Information film urging skilled workers to postpone their retirement.

: School For Barmaids (1946); Girls being trained to work behind bar.

: Service Into Civvies (1945); A former Wren goes to buy her first civilian outfit for a job interview.

: Tabulating Tessie (1940); Good item about how long a girl spends on various activities in a lifetime.

: The Call For Women (1941); Young women talk about the kind of work they want to do for the war effort.

: Training Women For Munitions (1941); Good item showing women being trained and working in munitions factories.

: Trawler School Issue Title Pathe Pictorial Goes To Sea (1947); Men are instructed on board a trawler in Government scheme to get men 'back to the sea'.

: Waiter (1947); Young Robert Brown trains to be a waiter at the Savoy Hotel. London.

: Women War Workers (1942); A look at women war workers from all areas.

: Women Workers AKA Women's Heavy Duties Issue Title - Way Of The World (1944); Women take on heavy duties in foundry and cement works.

: Dole Queue AKA Miners (1947); A group of miners talk to John Parsons about unemployment and illness. South Wales.

: Boy Builders (1945); Pre-apprenticeship training scheme for boys who want to be bricklayers at Brixton.

: Bevin Boys (1945); A look at life for 2 young men conscripted as coal miners, Albert Swaisland and Richard Kent.

: Careers For Girls (1944); A bored secretary at work does everything she can to avoid typing 'dreary letters'.

: Brickmakers - Trailer (1946); A short animated trailer film encouraging men to take jobs as brickmakers.

: Modern Farming - Trailer (1948); A short trailer film encouraging city workers to move to working on farms.

: Miner's Trailer (1947); Short trailer film encouraging men to become coal miners.

: Nursing - Trailer (1946); A short trailer film encouraging people to take jobs in hospitals.

: Keys To Heaven Production Output (1946); A short animated trailer film explaining that "Extra Effort Now Means Better Living Sooner".

: Supply & Demand Trailer (1947); Short trailer film encouraging people to rejoin the workforce to end shortages.

: Trailer - Don't Go Down The Mine (1946); Great trailer film to encourage men to take up jobs in the coal mines after nationalisation.

: Trailer - Resettlement Advice Centre (1946); A short trailer film telling people what opportunities are available to demobbed servicemen.

: Women Must Work (1947); A short trailer film encouraging women to join the workforce to help the economy.

: Telephone Trailer (1948); A short trailer film encouraging women to apply for jobs as telephone operators.

: A Classroom Film - The Engine Driver (1947); Lovely footage of a "day in the life" of a train driver.

: A Classroom Film - The Fireman (1947); A day in the life of a fireman - lovely educational film originally shown in schools. 1947?

: Air Hostess (1946); Great story about a girl being interviewed and getting her dream job as an air hostess.

: Clippies AKA Women Bus Conductors (1941); Good item following Eleanor Leary as she trains to be a bus conductor in London.

: Men Outside Employment Exchange (1947); John Parsons interviews unemployed miners in Wales.