We Serve
Directed byCarol Reed
Produced bySydney Box
Starring
Edited byPeter Tanner
Production
company
Release date
1942
Running time
30 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

We Serve is a British short film about the lives of officers in the Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS). Designed as a recruitment and training film, it was directed by Carol Reed, produced by Sydney Box, and was made by Box's company Verity Films.[1]

The involvement of Reed as director enabled Box to secure the services of several leading British actresses for the film, all agreeing to be paid the small sum of £5 per day.[1] The film also featured the then Director of the ATS, Jean Knox.[2]

The 30-minute film was commissioned shortly after the British government changed the nature of the ATS from being a voluntary body to becoming a professional service with full military status in April 1941.[3] It was concurrent with a wider recruitment drive to expand the size of the ATS.[4] In its efforts to attract recruits, the film emphasised that femininity could be retained in wartime.[1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Spicer, Andrew (2006). Sydney Box. Manchester University Press. pp. 24–25. ISBN 978-0719059995.
  2. ↑ Terry, Roy (1988). Women in Khaki: The Story of the British Woman Soldier. Columbus. p. 130. ISBN 978-0862873219.
  3. ↑ "Fact File : Auxiliary Territorial Service 1938-1949". WW2 People's War. BBC. 15 October 2014.
  4. ↑ Noakes, Lucy (2006). Women in the British Army: War and the Gentle Sex, 1907–1948. Routledge. p. 111. ISBN 978-0415390576.


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