Women employed in a factory in Britain, during World War 1. Several women in grimy work clothes move what appears to be ore, in small open rail cars, atop a steel platform. Two women move one car to the end of the platform, where one pulls a long lever to tip it upside down and empty it. The next scene shows women pulling logs from symetrical stacks and placing them into open wooden rail cars. Two women move a log-filled car along the previously seen steel platform. Camera pans closeup of some of the women factory workers posing, with two men who appear to be supervisors. Closeup of two factory worker girls. They smile and laugh while posing.
Women in the war effort, working at commercial labor jobs in the United Kingdom during World War 1. Opening scene shows women paper hangers at work. Two apply glue to strips of wallpaper laid out on boards across wooden supports. Two others are applying the wallpaper on a wall. Change of scene shows about a dozen women, wearing aprons, working as a team to clean windows in a railroad passenger car in Britain. They each climb a step ladder to one of the car windows and work in parallel cleaning adjacent windows simultaneously with cloths.
Numerous military units, from throughout the United Kingdom, parade on horseback. King Edward, in Ermine, seen in Royal Coach. View of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra stepping from a Royal Landau Carriage and entering a building. Dignitaries leaving the building. King Edward VII, Queen Alexandra, and Princess Royal, Louise, entering the Royal landau.
USS Campbell tying up to a supply ship in the United Kingdom, during World War 2. Views of the USCGC (US Coast Guard Cutter) Campbell, tying up to an anchored British supply vessel in the UK, during World War 2. A British Flower Class Corvette, in camouflage paint, seen briefly passing behind the two ships. Hills in the near background. Crew members on both ships raising hawser out of the water.
The British unveil a vehicle called the Stalwart that can navigate the toughest terrain as well as move in water. The vehicle is a huge six wheel drive military transport with individually sprung drive wheels to give it traction in all situations. It is for military or farm use. The vehicle is shown moving on varied terrain areas with ease. It moves in deep water operating like a partially submerged boat and then boards a ship at sea by floating up to its opened ramp and driving up onto the ship. Showing another British vehicle innovation, men stand near a "Gadabout" car in a snow covered area. It has twin engines -- a motor in the front and the rear. Each engine has an independent gear lever. Driver is shown engaging 2nd gear lever to use additional engine in helping it move in the snow.
British women march on the street in large numbers in the United Kingdom. They march in the rain. They hold boards, banners and placards with the messages that they desire to work for the nation early during World War I. One sign reads, "Mobilize brains and energy of women." Houses and shops along the sides of the street. Vehicles pass on the street.
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