News on Screen

Series

Series Name

This Week In Britain

Issue

Issue No.

988

Date Released

1977

Length of issue (in feet)

175

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. Women At Work: From Cradle To Forklift

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 1

Summary

COI synopsis: It isn’t always easy for women to break into a man’s world. But in 1975 Britain passed the Sex Discrimination Act and turned upside down a lot of the old attitudes about the role of women at work. Diana MacLean meets some of the women who are muscling in on traditional male preserves, from lady dockers to apprentice steel welders.

Researcher Comments

Locations include the naval dockyard at Chatham in Kent and an industrial training centre in London. Includes a brief statement from Lady Howe, Deputy Chairman of the Equal Opportunities Board. NB: Information drawn from the Australian version.

Keywords

Education and training; Politics and government; Women; Industry and manufacture

Written sources

COI Catalogue Cards [BFI National Archive]
COI Microfilm Roll 23 [BFI National Archive]   Used for synopsis

COI Reference

MI 936/988

Credits:

Sponsor

Central Office of Information (COI)

Presenter

Diana MacLean

Cutter

Elizabeth Ledward

Sponsor

Foreign & Commonwealth Office

This series is held by:

Film Archive

Name

British Film Institute (BFI)

Email

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Web

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Phone

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Fax

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Address

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Notes

The BFI National Archive also preserves the original nitrate film copies of British Movietone News, British Paramount News, Empire News Bulletin, Gaumont British News, Gaumont Graphic, Gaumont Sound News and Universal News (the World War II years are covered by the Imperial War Museum).

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