Title:RECRUITING MARCH OF THE OXFORDSHIRE WOMEN'S LAND ARMY [Main Title]
Film Number:IWM 535
Other titles:
Summary: Recruiting march and presentation to Princess Mary of the Women's Land Army, Oxford, 1917-1918.
Description: The march begins in Saint Giles with women entering the enrolment hut by the Martyrs' Memorial. The procession goes down the Cornmarket, through Carfax and into Broad Street. Some of the women are in uniform, and the procession includes a steam tractor. Mr R E Prothero, Minister of Agriculture, leads local city and university officials to Trinity College gardens, where Princess Mary presents awards to the Land Girls. One of the girls shows two baby lambs. The awards continue while the members of the council and the university, one in a Bath chair, watch.
Production Details: Women's War Department (Production sponsor)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Prothero, R E (person)
Mary, Princess (Princess Royal) (person)
Ministry of Agriculture (regiment/service)
Women's Land Army (regiment/service)
Oxford University (regiment/service)
Keywords: recruitment, British civilian: Women's Land Army (object name)
ceremonies, British - event-related: recruiting march (Women's Land Army) (object name)
animals, mammals: sheep (object name)
buildings, British - historic (object name)
transport, British civilian - agricultural (object name)
31/3(41) (event)
Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK (geography)
(concept)
Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W
Sound format: Silent
Soundtrack language: None
Title language: English
Subtitle language: English
Technical Details: Format: 35mm
Number of items/reels/tapes: 1
Footage: 437 ft; Running time: 7 mins