American Waacs Now Undertake All Tasks To Fill The Gap In Industrial Life (1918)

American WAAC s now undertake all tasks to fill the gap in industrial life. United States of America. World War One. Good footage of WAAC s (Women s Auxiliary Army Corps) in USA; shown at a variety of traditionally male jobs. Opens with shot from slightly raised pos. of women workers on top of a roof; patching. Then ground level shot of some woman putting new boards at the bottom of the house while others climb ladders to the roof; and a little dog watches. CU woman sawing. Women standing on scaffolding and painting a building; pan up to woman standing high up on ladder; painting a Red Cross symbol on the wall. Next; shot of women using brushes to spread paste on wallpaper. Cool shot looking alongside train; as women set ladders up against the train cars; climb up and wash windows. (They even do windows ) Women s war work; home front; carpentry; construction. FILM ID:1888. 4 A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING