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  1. Save Water - Trailer

    Date released
    3 Sep 1942
    Series name
    Pathe Gazette
    Issue no
    42/71
    NoS ID
    099610
    Story no
    6 / 6
    Extras
    1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

    Appeal not to waste water - a valuable commodity.

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  2. WORTH ITS SALT

    Date released
    21 Nov 1927
    Series name
    Gaumont Graphic
    Issue no
    1739
    NoS ID
    386152
    Extras
    1 film clip

    NoS synopsis: Ancient device for extracting this commodity from sea-water becomes a Coney Island’ thrill for Chinese coolies. Wind-powered device, operated by men.

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  3. Trailer: Black Diamonds (Coal)

    Date released
    15 Mar 1943
    Series name
    Pathe Gazette
    Issue no
    43/21
    NoS ID
    099889
    Story no
    5 / 5
    Extras
    1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

    Mock court case where a man is being tried for stealing a piece of coal. The Judge sums up and tells of the crime of stealing such a valuable commodity.

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  4. Rain

    Date released
    3 Sep 1962
    Series name
    Colour Pictorial
    Issue no
    401
    NoS ID
    121264
    Story no
    3 / 6
    Extras
    1 film clip

    Pathe synopsis: In Britain water is a common commodity. An average of 47 inches of rain falls every year. But rain does have its virtues. At Knaresborough, in Yorkshire, for example, it has a magical quality.

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  5. Commerce

    Date released
    1974
    Series name
    London Line
    Issue no
    466
    NoS ID
    326755
    Story no
    1 / 1

    COI synopsis: A look at the workings of the London Commodity Exchanges.

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  6. Partnership For Prosperity

    Filmed
    1976
    Series name
    London Line
    Issue no
    2
    NoS ID
    350711
    Story no
    1 / 1

    NoS synopsis: A special report on the signing of the Lome Convention and the relationship between African countries and the European Community. Looks at African and Caribbean goods arriving in London’s...

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  7. The Other Man’s Job: Carbide in War

    Date released
    27 Mar 1944
    Series name
    Warwork News
    Issue no
    S15/44; Paramount Issue No.: 1364
    NoS ID
    156700
    Story no
    1 / 2

    Processes in the manufacture of calcium carbide by the home front (formerly an imported commodity). Combination of lime and coke produces carbide, being heated electrically in a furnace, then water-cooled....

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  8. Stuart Devlin

    Series name
    London Line
    Issue no
    581
    NoS ID
    326871
    Story no
    1 / 1

    COI synopsis: Gold is still the world’s most marketable commodity. More than half the world supply of mined gold comes to London, a good deal of it to the artist craftsmen who are carrying on a tradition...

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  9. Malay Pastoral

    Date released
    23 Feb 1933
    Series name
    Eve And Everybody’s Film Review
    Issue no
    612
    NoS ID
    333151
    Story no
    3 / 4

    British Pathe synopsis: Malaysia. "The Rice Growers and the fertile fields of Sumatra" (sic) is the item’s subtitle. "There is rice enough for a million weddings." Panning shot of a Malaysian landscape...

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  10. Arabic Books In Britain

    Date released
    1976
    Series name
    London Line
    Issue no
    534A
    NoS ID
    326913
    Story no
    1 / 1

    COI synopsis: Since the invention of printing 500 years ago, the subsequent increase in the volume of books available to the public has seemed limitless. However, new books can still be costly, and to supply...

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