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A Day Of One's Own

1955 , British Isles generally (Other)

Cat no. 200

Women from all over Britain take a day off from being housewives.

The opening titles are a cartoon of a woman putting out the washing. The credits appear on the various items of laundry. The film opens with suburban streets and shows a variety of women all doing the washing, by hand in the sink or in a twin tub, and all looking harassed. The commentator is reciting the popular song 'Twas on a Monday Morning... On Wednesday morning one of the housewives announces I'm taking a day off! Describing herself and all housewives as pieces of cloth that have been dipped in housework and never properly wrung out, she takes her children to a friend, catches a bus to Waterloo Station and takes a train to the country. The next group of women are a W.I. group which has gone to Durham for the day. The next is a single lady who has visited Norwich. There are shots of her in the streets of Norwich and then she visits the Art Gallery in the Castle. There are exterior and interior shots of the Castle. The next scene shows a group of women catching the boat from the Western Isles to the mainland of Scotland. Another group enjoys a day on the river. A mother and daughter go to the market at Pontypridd and two friends go for a day in Manchester. The film finishes catching up with what the first woman has done with her day before arriving back in London.

Featured Buildings

St. Peter Mancroft, Norwich; City Hall, Norwich; Norwich Castle

Keywords

Housewives; Housework; Suburbia; Women

Other Places

London; Durham; Norwich; Pontypridd; Manchester

Manifestations

A Day Of One's Own

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    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Carrier Type
    MP4 H264 digital
    Dimension
    Duration
    0:19:54
    Modification Date
    27/09/2011
    Parts
    Reference
    730060
  • Barcode
    INV343377
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Carrier Type
    MP4 H264 digital
    Dimension
    Duration
    0:19:54
    Modification Date
    31/08/2011
    Parts
    Reference
    725018
  • Barcode
    INV337000
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Carrier Type
    MP4 H264 digital
    Dimension
    Duration
    0:19:54
    Modification Date
    31/08/2011
    Parts
    Reference
    724233
  • Activities
    Barcode
    INV356642
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Carrier Type
    DV digital
    Dimension
    Duration
    0:19:54
    Modification Date
    10/05/2011
    Parts
    Reference
    709927
  • Activities
    Barcode
    INV226099
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Carrier Type
    master digital
    Colour Type
    bw
    Dimension
    Duration
    0:20:01
    Has Sound
    Y
    Modification Date
    14/08/2008
    Parts
    Reference
    675961
    Sound
    sound
  • Activities
    Barcode
    INV152783
    Canonical Identifier
    TB 172
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Identifier
    Modification Date
    22/07/2008
    Parts
    Reference
    673034
  • Barcode
    INV284284
    Canonical Identifier
    VP-907
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Identifier
    Modification Date
    25/06/2021
    Parts
    Reference
    562935
  • Activities
    Barcode
    INV229888
    Canonical Identifier
    A-109
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Carrier Type
    16mm film
    Colour Type
    bw
    Has Image
    Y
    Has Sound
    Y
    Identifier
    Image Polarity
    positive
    Modification Date
    25/06/2021
    Parts
    Reference
    560796
    Sound
    sound
    Sound System
    optical

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