Summary: Women of the various services, and from various Empire countries, serving in the Middle East theatre of operations.
Description: WRNS are seen (in summer uniforms) filing, taking shorthand, operating teleprinters, visiting a ship; WAAFs in aircraft identification, maps room; ATS (from South Africa: commentary talks of Voortrekker ancestry) at rollcall, vehicle servicing, and driving ambulance convoy; Queen Alexandra's Imperial Nursing Service (nurses receive stretcher case from ambulance at Field Hospital). Film closes with unspecified woman workers, eg chemical research, control of troop movement, administration of supplies. 'The United Nations can be grateful and proud of the women in the Middle East'.
Production Details: War Office (Production sponsor)
Ministry of Information (Production sponsor)
Army Film Unit (Production company)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Royal Air Force, Women's Auxiliary Air Force (regiment/service)
Royal Navy, Women's Royal Naval Service (regiment/service)
Keywords: operations, Allied military - routine (object name)
North Africa (geography)
(concept)
Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W
Sound format: Sound
Soundtrack language: English
Title language: English
Subtitle language: None
Technical Details: Format: 35mm
Number of items/reels/tapes: 1
Footage: 668 ft; Running time: 7 mins
