Summary

Titles read: MR CHURCHILL VISITS A GUN STATION

Somewhere in Britain

Various shots show Prime Minister Winston Churchill visiting a gun station, also known as an anti-aircraft battery, in the formidable network of British Ground Defences Churchill sees ATS (Auxiliary Territorial Service) girls operating range finders for gun crews in the concrete pits as commentator tell us that more and more girls are being drafted into this work, thereby releasing men for the manning of the heavy guns

Churchill lays a brick in a wall being built by some soldiers A cigar falls out of his pocket and an officer picks it up for him Churchill walks off, accompanied by his daughter, Mary, in ATS uniform (trousers!)

Source British Pathé
Title MR CHURCHILL VISITS A GUN STATION
Description Titles read: MR CHURCHILL VISITS A GUN STATION

Somewhere in Britain

Various shots show Prime Minister Winston Churchill visiting a gun station, also known as an anti-aircraft battery, in the formidable network of British Ground Defences Churchill sees ATS (Auxiliary Territorial Service) girls operating range finders for gun crews in the concrete pits as commentator tell us that more and more girls are being drafted into this work, thereby releasing men for the manning of the heavy guns

Churchill lays a brick in a wall being built by some soldiers A cigar falls out of his pocket and an officer picks it up for him Churchill walks off, accompanied by his daughter, Mary, in ATS uniform (trousers!)
Archive British Pathe
Year 01/01/1942
Duration 00:01:00:00
Stock Black & White
Sound Sound
Film ID 132401

Keywords

Sir Winston Churchill defence ATS A.T.S. Auxiliary Territorial Service smoking Mary Soames
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