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NATIONAL FILM BOARD OF CANADA / OFFICE NATIONAL DU FILM DU CANADA: NON NFB FILMS

1979-0210

Film

1 of 1

1942

Spectator Productions

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>

English

Libre

GAD 0FD579

~No Restrictions / Pas de restrictions

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