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Thanks Girls and Goodbye (1988)

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Original classification rating: G. This clip chosen to be G

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Two women describe the hard physical work of the Women’s Land Army and express their pride in their achievements. Black-and-white stills and colour footage show the women at work.

Curator’s notes

by Susan Lambert

This clip offers an example of the style the filmmakers used to tell the story. We get a sense of the time in history from an interview with one of the women in the Land Army and how she felt about it. This interview is bookended with a montage of stills and moving historical footage showing the work, giving us an idea of how willing and able the recruits were as they went about their arduous work. A song about the Women’s Land Army heard on the soundtrack captures the feeling of exuberance and determination.

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