Call-Up For Ats Aka Ats Joins Units (1942)

Titles read: “CALL-UP FOR ATS“. Somewhere in Britain. Various shots show hundreds of “the first girl conscripts this country has ever known“ arriving at a depot where they are to join the ranks of the ATS (Auxiliary Territorial Service). The women have their mouths and feet checked over by the MO (Medical Officer), then are given their cutlery and mugs and uniforms. Nice shots of the girls putting on their new shoes, jackets and hats. Several shots of the women marching on the parade ground in their uniforms. We see women of the ATS after four weeks’ training, parading before the Princess Royal (Princess Mary), Controller Commandant. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from th