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They Keep the Wheels Turning (1942)
 

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DirectorFrancis Searle
Production CompaniesGaumont-British Screen Services, Ministry of War Transport
ScenarioHarold B.Goodwin
PhotographyWalter J.Harvey
 
From the Imperial War Museum Loan Collection

The repair of civilian vehicles and the ability of women to undertake this type of work.

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Produced for the Ministry of Information with the Ministry of War Transport this film stresses the importance of repairing existing civilian vehicles and shows the ability of women to take on this sort of work. It also contains a mild plea to skilled workers not to enlist in the forces.

IWM Film and Video Archive Loans Catalogue (2000)

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SEE ALSO
Jane Brown Changes her Job (1941)
Millions Like Us (1943)
Night Shift (1942)