American Waac’s 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