• extracts from feature films and documentary films from First and Second World Wars:
  • A Day in the Life of a Munitions Worker (1916)
  • Mrs John Bull Prepared (1918)
  • Motherhood (1917)
  • They Also Serve (1940)
  • Women of Steel (1943)
  • Feat of Moscow (1943)
  • Night Shift (1942)
  • Millions Like Us (1943)
• posters and slogans directed at women from the First and Second World Wars;
• statistical information about the role and experience of women during the First and Second World Wars;
• images from the Suffragette campaign, and the First and Second World Wars.

Introduces concepts of equality, political and social rights.
Outlines the position of women when war started in 1914 and their response to the war.

Documentary film made at Woolwich Arsenal, London.
Introduces ideas and information about the nature of propaganda directed at women and about the nature of the work done by women in 'traditional' male occupations such as engineering.

Information given about the different responses of private and public sectors to women working outside the home in 'traditional' male occupations.

Film examining some male attitudes towards women working outside the home. Introduces ideas about change during this period across the different generations and the conflict that occurred within some families about the changing role of women. This film focuses on the experience of a middle class family.

This extract switches attention to the role of women within the home as mothers and wives. It focuses on the response of the government to concerns about families, particularly children and babies, during the first World War.

This film was part of the National Baby Week campaign. It focuses on a working class mother and wife and the need for her to be educated by a middle class health visitor. It raises questions about the role of the government within the private domain of the family and can be linked to the origins of the welfare state.

These stills connect the experiences of women between the two world wars and raise questions about change and continuity between the pre and post First World War experience of women.

This film focuses on the contribution of a working class wife and mother to the Second World War effort. It shows the daily life of a 'typical' housewife and is a useful source about the nature of the Second World War as compared to the First, as well as the particular experience of women.

Information is given about the introduction of conscription for women in 1941.

This film examines the experience of women in the USA during the Second World War. This switch to the international dimension enables comparisons to be made between the experience of women in Britain, USA, Germany, USSR. The differences and similarities between the film extracts from the respective countries can be discussed within the different historical contexts in which they were made.

This film shows a range of different experiences, including women within the munitions industry. The commentary directs attention to the role of women within Communist Russia and the nature of the propaganda directed at them.

The commentary directs attention to the role of women within Nazi Germany and the nature of the propaganda directed at them.

This Ministry of Information film was made to show the contribution of women within the 'traditional' male workplace during the Second World War. It reveals attitudes of men and women and the nature of propaganda. It is a useful example of patriotism. In addition, it can be used to focus on the change in male and female attitudes between 1914-1918 and 1939-1945.

This feature film focuses on the experiences of a single 'mobile' woman who is conscripted during the war. It shows the range of work done by women and how this work could offer new opportunities for travel and independence.