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Lady Footballers

Women munitions workers from the Kynoch and Vickers Maxim factories take to the pitch in Southend during WWI.

Non-Fiction 1918 Silent

Overview

Some contrasting kits and nifty footwork are on display in this short newsreel. The Topical Budget footage contains various shots - not necessarily in the right order - of a football match in Southend between the ladies' football teams of Kynoch Ltd, an explosives manufacturer based in Shell Haven Creek, Essex, and munitions manufacturer Vickers Sons & Maxim, who had factories in Crayford and Erith. The Mayor of Southend is on hand to kick off proceedings.