Vital Work By Women Specialists Aka South Africa Ats Train As Gun Aimers (1939)

Unused / unissued material - dates unclear or unknown. Title reads: “African Mirror No. 147. Vital Work By Women Specialists“. South Africa. LS of South Africa beach with mountains in background. Women of the South African ATS (. - Auxiliary Territorial Service) play on beach and in sea in swimming costumes. They play leapfrog. A bell is rung at the cookhouse. Various shots of the young women (now in uniform) eating breakfast in hall. Shots of the girls relaxing in living quarters, reading, knitting and combing hair. Shots of the girls running outside to form up in ranks. They are inspected and march away. Shots of ATS women doing gunnery training with models. Women do gunnery training with large shore based artillery gun. A male officer overseas their training. Various shots of women showing how they would act in the event of an attack. They use listening devices and telescopes and pass information to the soldiers manning anti-aircraft guns. Various shots of women giving deta