Jamaican Policewoman Joins Force (1968)

London. Various shots of a police training centre where a mock accident is staged and two police women go and question the witness. One of the policewomen is Jamaican and the first black woman to be taken on in the force. MS. Jamaican police woman Sislin Fay Allen and her colleague, coming out of door of Peel House. GV. Exterior of the Peel House. (Orig. Neg.) Date found in the old record - 01/02/1968. FILM ID:3229.2 A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Path