"Gentle" British girls, they are now doing their bit to help out in World War II: driving lorries and manning ack-ack batteries.

[6] The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "The emotional content is suggested more often than fully exploited, but it is so true and of such general appeal that the story holds the interest.

By picking the girls out of a Victoria station crowd with camera and commentary (spoken by himself), Howard has adroitly given each of them background depth almost before the film is under way.

A number of small details rather than one obvious statement are preferred in making essential points of story, of character or of background fact.

Judicious mixing of sound and a wide variety of camera angles are used to enrich for the initiated and convey to the uninitiated the experiences of A.T.S.

Yet it served its purpose both as a morale booster and as a recruitment advertisement, thanks to some astute appeals to the patriotic spirit and some spunky acting by a top-notch cast.