The Stroud Munition Girl (1914-1918)

Title - ’Stroud munition girl - a good sport as well as an efficient worker’. Gloucestershire. MS parade on crowded street - people in costumes; clowns etc. MS group of young women on a horse-drawn float. Shot of float stopped in a park - the girls are dressed in various costumes. MS sack race with teams of 2 girls inside big bags hopping towards camera; falling. CU group of young women and men sitting on the grass laughing - the girls all in ruffled or billed caps and smocks. Good MS these girls doing tug of war; with spectators watching, children play on swings in background. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire New