This In Our Time - Reel 2 (1896-1929)

Reel 2. 1914 - bugler calls men to arms. Men march through the streets in uniform. The dockers formed the nucleus of one of the battalions. “The Pals“ are seen marching through the streets. A woman faints and is carried away. Kitchener inspects the Pals from the steps of Liverpool’s St George’s Hall. marching band processes past Kitchener. Shot of soldiers boarding a train. Another angle of the train with men waving from the windows. The women of the City were “keeping the home fires burning in every sense.“ A large group of women seem to be at a garden party or fund-raising event. Lovely shots of a group of women skipping rope together. Narrator talks of how as well as looking after the children, the women also made munitions, swept the streets and generally did jobs “that would have horrified them a few years before.“ Fund-raising for war charities. A woman pins something onto a policeman’s uniform - nice shot. He smiles at the camera. “it was just as difficult to say no to a girl then a