Yesterday Is over Your Shoulder
An enticing government call for men to retrain as skilled engineers to help with the war effort.
For long-suffering clerks and office workers, the offer of paid training, a free lunch and the freedom to smoke whenever they like might prove irresistible. And it's a win-win proposition, according to this short, government-funded appeal film. With the war calling up men to the front line, white collar workers who retrain as skilled manual labourers will not only have the satisfaction of doing their patriotic duty, they'll be happier at work, too!
Propaganda encouraging unskilled workers to join government-organised
engineer training schemes.
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Keep the Wheels Turning
The State seized control of much of British industry at the start of the war. Mills and factories now produced munitions, planes, tanks and uniforms, while mines yielded the coal to power it all.
Production went into overdrive. Workforces in key industries like coalmining and shipbuilding were classed as 'reserved occupations' and spared the draft, while an army of women took to the machines to meet the constant demand for munitions and uniforms. In hindsight, we can see that the foundations of the postwar settlement were being laid. The wartime economy was formidable: workers pulled together to meet ever-increasing demand for resources and government oversight kept the motors running.
13 videos in this collection
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Shipbuilders
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Out Working
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Her Father's Daughter
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Good Value
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Furnaces of Industry
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A Job to Be Done
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The New Crop
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A Call for Arms!
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Wartime Factory
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British Made 'ameri-cans' Something to Focus On
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Dai Jones
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