Miss Tommy Atkins (1916)

Miss Tommy Atkins women working for the army in 1916. Location of events somewhere in Britain. Women s Auxiliary Army Corps at work. Opens with CU woman in uniform starting truck by cranking the handle. Truck starting to drive out of garage. Truck parked outside garage; two WAACs stand by it; one checks something on truck; they both climb in; drive truck toward camera; turn. Photographer taking picture of women soldiers by trucks. Army man looking toward garage entrance; 8 women come out. He seems to ask them to pose; they form 2 lines. One of the WAACs in front of others; talking to the guy; smiling. Note: film seems to have been transferred in reverse all the registration numbers on the trucks are backwards SL. Mechanic; transportation. World War One. Military; sexes. G 395 A. FILM A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICEN