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the LIFE OF A WAAC [Main]

The film uses actuality material backed by some acting. It begins with a WAAC recruiting march and inspection, before going on to show a girl noticing the advertisement placard for Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps (the official 1918 title of the WAAC) in Trafalgar Square. She picks up a leaflet from (Mrs Jackson at) the Ministry of Labour recruiting office. After joining she is given a uniform an…

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Subject

  • EFG1914
  • British Army, Women's Army Auxiliary Corps1
  • recruitment, British military: recruiting march
  • recruitment, British military: Women's Auxiliary Army Corps
  • buildings, British - institutional: Ministry of Labour
  • training, British military
  • operations, British military - routine
  • society, British military - sustenance
  • animals, mammals: dog
  • society, British military - hygiene
  • …
  • World War, 1914-1918--Motion pictures and the war
  • World War I

Type of item

  • motion pictures (visual works)
  • Film