Mrs Dr MP Pathe Close Up Of Dr Edith Summerskill (1945)

Titles read: Mrs. Dr. M. P. Pathe Closeup of Dr Edith Summerskill Camberley, Surrey and London. A look at the varied duties of Dr Edith Summerskill MP. First we see Dr Edith walking her dog in the countryside. Then we see her driving her car along a suburban road as she sets off on her rounds as a doctor. She gets out and knocks on the front door of a patient. In her role as housewife Dr Edith goes shopping in a quiet street, looking in shop windows at groceries and clothes. She stops to chat to some housewives and two servicewomen (ATS ) in the street. Then we see Dr Edith setting off from her country home in Camberley with her briefcase and arriving at the railway station. She gets on a train and we then see her walking towards the Houses of Parliament. Sequence with natural sound follows, of Dr Edith being interviewed at a desk by Anna Wibberly, Editor of Everywoman. Ms Wibberly asks Dr Edith about the effects of the war on the family and the changing role of women in the