GLASGOW'S FIRST SOUTH ASIAN POLICEWOMAN
Glasgow’s first Punjabi policewoman, Sawarnjit Matharu, describes why she decided to join the police force. (clip)
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Title: GLASGOW'S FIRST SOUTH ASIAN POLICEWOMAN
Reference number: T0025
Date: 1974
Production company: Scottish Television
Sound: sound
Original format: 16mm
Colour: col
Fiction: non-fiction
Running time: 10.50 mins
Description:
Shots of Scotland's first South Asian police cadet Sawarnjit Matharu, standing for photographs, and giving an interview on South Portland Street Suspension Bridge in Glasgow.
Joining the police force in the 1970s, Sawarnjit remained with Strathclyde Police for five years.
See https://www.colourfulheritage.com/portfolio/sawarnjit-matharu/ for an interview with Sawarnjit Matharu.
Shotlist: No credits. Shots of young police cadet Sawarnjit Matharu standing for photographs next to her fellow graduates; c/u policeman Dilawar Singh, who has been four years in the service (0.33) i/v police cadet Matharu, shots intercut with interviewer [on South Portland Street suspension bridge in Glasgow]; Matharu speaks about why she joined, her expectations of the work and the media interest (1.50); Trims. demolition work; police cadet Matharu standing for cameras, intercut with shots of journalists and photographers; (4.07) Iv Police Cadet Matharu; as before, and reactions to her decision to join (6.36) blank (6.50) Iv continues. (8.17) blank (8.52) Trims. interviewer records questions (10.34)