Beauty And The Barge (1945)

Titles read: "BEAUTY AND THE BARGE".
London.
Various shots of three girl bargees, Audrey, Anne and Evelyn preparing their three barges for a journey from London to Birmingham. They are taking essential war materials to the Midlands as part of their work for the Grand Union Canal Company.
They cast off and steer their barges along the canal. Commentator makes much of the fact that the girls are doing "a man-sized job".
Good shot of one of the girls in a barge kitchen, poking a stove. View from a barge as we pass under a bridge.
FILM ID:1315.16
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Another facet of the war effort , previously unknown to me personally , and no doubt lots of others .
These three ladies , along with many others like them , all played their parts in keeping the wheels of industry turning , during the dark days of the war .
I hope their children and grandchildren were indeed proud of their combined efforts , to bring about victory in the end .

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Call a narrowboat a barge nowadays and you’ll have the wrath of the rivet counters to contend with

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Those are barges, because they're carrying cargo. And narrowboats are generally welded, not rivetted.

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Lovely

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Great stuff!

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Strong girls. They're called lesbians nowadays.