Item title reads - Arms and the Girls.
South of England.
50 girls from a factory march along in their specially bought uniforms and are put through Home Guard training. C/U of the sign on their uniform - "Me Guard". The war office has ruled that women are not to be enrolled in the Home Guard but these girls are determined. They fire rifles and machine guns during practice. C/U pan up the uniform.
Cataloguer's note: the soundtrack to this item is missing.
This video has no sound
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Description
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Data
- Archive
- British Pathé
- Issue Date:
- 17/11/1941
- Sound:
- Mute
- Media URN:
- 39560
- HD Format:
- Available on request
- Film ID:
- 1137.19
- Stock:
- Black & White
- Duration
- 00:00:45:00
- Time in/Out:
- 01:26:10:00 / 01:26:55:00
- Canister:
- 41/92
- Sort Number:
- 41/092
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J4Jenny says
Great piece of footage. Further evidence that Women made a serious contribution to the victory in WW2, not only on the domestic front but also aiming to \"fighting them in the hills\". Great!