Sujet
Women making bullets, May 1915. Artist: Unknown
Légende
Women making bullets, May 1915. A Union Jack hangs from each machine. A pile of bullets can be seen at the feet of the woman at the front of the photograph. The camaraderie and high wages of between £3 and £5 a week helped make the very long hours in the munitions industry more tolerable. For those women who had been domestic servants before the war, earning £18 a year, the attractions of munitions work were obvious. The film industry made hundreds of short films extolling the hard work of women like these and encouraging others 'to do their bit' for the war effort.
Museum of London
Date
1915
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images/London Museum
Notre référence
HRM19A84_429
Model release
Non
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
53,8Mo (1,9Mo) / 42,7cm x 31,6cm / 5046 x 3730 (300dpi)