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Danger — Women at Work! (1940)

1940 · Ephemeral film · 9 min

Synopsis

A World War II film on the health and safety of women working in industry.

Synopsis, reviewed

Details

Running time
9 minutes
Collection
Prelinger Archives

Reviews on the Internet Archive

★★★ · Don't Do That · Dodsworth the Cat · 2025-07-06

The click-bait title is explained at the end (yes, this film ends with the narrator saying the title). The danger is to the Nazis and "Japs" from women working to make the machinery to win the war. All the advice given to women war workers is common sense. Oh, and no slacking! That'll help the enemy. Coffee and cigarette breaks are bad, it seems. Covered wagon footage from what looks like a silent film gets used. It's too bad the film reel was damaged as it jerks on screen.