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1940 TRANSPORT / DEFENCE: Women complete training to become bus conductors
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1:23Now PlayingDate: 25th July 1940
Location: LONDON, ENGLAND
Source: Reuters Historical News Collection: BRITISH PARAMOUNT NEWSREEL (REUTERS)
SLATE INFORMATION: Fairs Please! They're Just the Ticket
London, England: GV & LV Buses in Street...IN ROLL 6257
CU Newspaper headline - 'Jobs For 200', etc. CU sign 'London Transport Works'. GV man handing uniforms to girls. SV girls picking up ticket punchers. SV girl putting on coat. CU giving out uniform caps. CU girl before mirror puts on cap. SCU photograph (still) of bus and conductress in last war. SCU still photograph of uniformed last war girl-conductor. Two CU still photographs of last war girl conductors. CU model bus travel back to GV girls in class. CU other girl. SV instructor at blackboard pointing to sign 'Efficiency, Courtesy, Tact" SV girls with tickets. CU pan down girl working ticket punch. GV girls in uniform leaving building to buses. SCU girls leaving building. CU girl's legs pan to girl winding destination board on bus. LV girl gets aboard bus. CU rings bell. GV interior of bus girl collecting fares. SV girl collecting fares. CU man looking at girl's legs. Angle shot: Girl's legs up stairs. CU woman smacks man's face.
Women; Period Attitudes; Transport; Puns; Home Front; Great Britain
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