Recruiting March of the Oxfordshire Women's Land Army
Item
Title
Recruiting March of the Oxfordshire Women's Land Army
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Identifier
5751.mp4
IWMFILM535-low.mp4
Creator
Women's War Department
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Abstract
Recruiting march and presentation to Princess Mary of the Women's Land Army, Oxford, 1917-1918. The march begins in St Giles with women entering the enrolment hut by the Martyrs' Memorial. The procession goes down the Cornmarket, through Carfax and into Broad Street. Some of the women are in uniform, and the procession includes a steam tractor. Mr R E Prothero, Minister of Agriculture, leads local city and university officials to Trinity College gardens, where Princess Mary presents awards to the Land Girls. One of the girls shows two baby lambs. The awards continue while the members of the council and the university, one in a Bath chair, watch.
Date
1917 - 1918
Date Created
1917-01-01
Temporal Coverage
1918-12-31
Spatial Coverage
Oxford, England
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Source
DVD copy of original film
Medium
DVD copy of original film
Type
Footage
Contributor
Alisa Miller
Publisher
The First World War Poetry Digital Archive
producer
Unknown
Subject
Home Front
Imperial Forces
Propaganda
Somme
Western Front
Women