British women helping with war effort at home during World War 1. The women workers shovel debris and carry it off in wheelbarrow. They milk cows. Other women watch them. Trees in the background. Women work with heavy hay baling farm equipment and a steam powered tractor connected to a heavy driving belt. Woman stands on top of tractor, near stack. Women pose for picture in front of a tent in a field. They are all dressed alike in white smocks and overcoats. Women spread manure with shovels on fields.
His Majesty's proclamation read from the steps of the Royal Exchange in England. Men in wigs and women in hats stand on the steps. A large crowd gathers on the street. A man reads out the orders from the King of England for the people to eat less bread (conserving and rationing for the war effort during World War I). Vehicles pass on the street in the background.
British women work at the James Keiller and Son's Dundee Marmalade factory in London, England, United Kingdom. A woman stands holding some packaged 1 pound jars of marmalade in her hands, ready for sale. Women workers gather outside the marmalade factory. A wooden wagon with the Dundee Marmalade sign on it is behind the women who stand in a line entering the plant. They work in the factory. The jar canning operations and assembly line are shown, with women (some very young -- almost girls, and some older) working in the factory. A group of women wearing aprons stand in groups cutting and separating the fruit from the rind of oranges for marmalade jelly or jam. A pair off women pound on the top of a wooden fruit crate to break it open for more fruit. Equipment in the factory.
Soldiers march on a recruitment parade in Dublin, Ireland. A team of horses pulls a caisson, followed by infantry with shouldered arms. Commercial buildings in the background. One displays sign for James H. Webb & Company. Band marches along with them (although not playing at this instant). Spectators line sidewalks. (World War i; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
Coal miners stand at a railway station in United Kingdom. A train arrives on the railway track. Other miners come out of the train. They hold lamps in their hands. The miners cast their votes in Tredegar. They walk on the street. Houses along the sides of the street.
Women work at a factory in the United Kingdom. A bicycle in the background. The British women are seen hammering nails into wooden boards and panels, possibly building wooden boxes or wooden panels.