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London Scrapbook
Hierarchical level:Item (Accession level)Date:1942Item number (ISN):331726Type of material:Moving imagesFound in:Archives / Film, Video and Sound -
Record information – Details Fonds/collection:NATIONAL FILM BOARD OF CANADA / OFFICE NATIONAL DU FILM DU CANADA: NON NFB FILMSAccession:1979-0210Media:FilmPart:1 of 1Production date:1942Production company:Spectator ProductionsDescription:Film about how London is coping during wartime. The film purports to be by American actress Bessie Love, with the aid of British actor Basil Radford. The film shows: the clean-up of rubble around St. Paul's Cathedral; a furrier's shop; a bombed basement that is now a water pool; Big Ben from behind barbed wire; abbreviated newspapers due to the paper shortage; different uniforms seen around London; girls with bare legs because they cannot buy any stockings; women doing men's jobs; the lack of cars on the streets; the taxi shortage; Hyde Park; Speaker's Corner; children being evacuated from London; near-deserted Kensington Gardens; the shortage of cigarettes and matches; the food shortage; beer bottled in any available bottles; people growing vegetables; rationing of clothing; salvaging scrap metal; reusing envelopes; and the blackout. <11mn>Language:EnglishNotes:Detailed holdings information: -
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