Youngest Woman Billeting Officer
1940 , Huntingdon (Cambridgeshire)
Cat no. 810
A newsreel item following a young, female billeting officer in her attempts to house evacuees.
Mrs Barbara Meadows, aged 19, hopes to succeed where 17 male predecessors have failed - by persuading the people of Huntingdon to take in evacuees. The young billeting officer calls at a house, and then explains to camera what providing this type of accommodation involves. She emphasises that she is not afraid to use 'compulsion'.
Keywords
Billeting; Evacuees; Gender roles; World War II; Women workers
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Production company : British Pathe
Manifestations
Youngest Woman Billeting Officer
- Identification Notes: Issue number 40/101
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Category: Non-fiction
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Genre: Newsreel
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Locations: Huntingdon (Cambridgeshire)
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Work Type: Film
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Description Type: monographic
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Related to: Pathe Gazette
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Subject: evacuees / women / billeting (evacuees) / Barbara Meadows
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