A Yesterday's Witness series of six programmes with women of the First World War.
5: We Are the Arsenal Girls
The Arsenal Girls were the women who worked at the Royal Arsenal at Woolwich making shells and ammunition for the men in the trenches.
The elite were the girls in the 'Danger Buildings'. There they handled the really dangerous explosives, where the smallest stray spark might send the whole lot sky high. This is the story of six of those women who risked their lives daily to be Arsenal Girls. Narrator BENNY GREEN
They proved that women could not onlu do a man's work but also be as brave as men. (time OUT) Producer STEPHEN PEET
Director CHRISTOPHER COOK (Fridau: Three VAD's)