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• THE WOMEN'S LAND ARMY DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR

  part of "HONE E J (CAPT) & HOTCHEN (NEE GRIGG) D K (MRS)" (photographs) 1917

  Chequers Court, Ellesborough, Buckinghamshire, c 1917.

• THE HARVEST SHALL COME [Main Title]

  (film) Made by: Imperial Chemical Industries (Production sponsor) 1942

  A film that calls upon the British people to maintain their wartime commitment to agriculture and the prosperity and well-being of everyone who works on the land after the war by telling the story of Tom Grimwood, an ordinary Suffolk farm labourer...

• THE WOMENS LAND ARMY IN BRITAIN DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR

  part of "FIRST WORLD WAR WOMENS WAR WORK COLLECTION" (photographs)

  Flax pulling at Selby, Yorkshire: Scottish, English, Irish and Belgian girl farm workers, and a Japanese student at work in the fields.

• CHESHIRE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE, HOLMES CHAPEL

  part of "FIRST WORLD WAR WOMENS WAR WORK COLLECTION" (photographs) 1917-07-09

  A woman pupil at the Cheshire Agricultural College at Holmes Chapel being taught how to handle cattle during a course on all aspects of animal husbandry.

• AGRICULTURE IN BRITAIN DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR

  part of "GUY ERIC COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Guy Eric 1914

  A female agricultural labourer carries pails of milk on a British farm during the First World War.

• WOMEN IN AGRICULTURE DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR

  part of "IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM PHOTOGRAPH ARCHIVE COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Nicholls Horace

  A portrait of a young woman wearing a headscarf as she holds a large bundle of flax near Yeovil. The flax, which is being taken to the “scutchers” for separation and refining, is resting on her shoulder and obscures half of her body and face.

• AMERICANS IN BRITAIN DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR

  part of "IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM PHOTOGRAPH ARCHIVE COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Nicholls Horace

  A Land Girl chats with an American soldier, somewhere in the British countryside. The original caption reads: "Comme il faut", which roughly translates as "As it is necessary" or "As it must be".

• WOMEN AT WORK ON THE HOME FRONT DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR

  part of "IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM PHOTOGRAPH ARCHIVE COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Nicholls Horace

  A striking portrait of a female fruit picker as she sits in the sunshine under a cherry tree, somewhere in Britain. She is wearing a cap and smock and holds up a handful of cherries as she sits on her basket. She also appears to be carrying a shepherd'...

• WOMEN'S WAR WORK DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR

  part of "IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM PHOTOGRAPH ARCHIVE COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Nicholls Horace

  A full-length portrait of a member of the Women’s Agriculture Section of the Land Army.

• WOMEN AT WORK ON THE HOME FRONT DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR, SOMERSET

  part of "IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM PHOTOGRAPH ARCHIVE COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Nicholls Horace

  A young farm worker smiles for the camera as she holds a bundle of flax in a sunny field on a farm near Yeovil, Somerset.