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Trailer: Rags for Salvage

Date released

24 Dec 1942

Series name

Pathe Gazette

Issue no

42/103

NoS ID

099777

Story no

4 / 4

Extras

1 film clip, 1 shot list

Rubber puppets filmed in cartoon type sequence showing collection of rags and old clothes for the war effort.

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Vidal Sassoon: The Movie (2011)

Director

Craig Teper

Subject

Business studies; Design; Social Studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 90 minutes), £8.00

The rags to riches story of Vidal Sassoon who, through tireless hard work and commitment, managed to modernise the old-fashioned world of hair. With modern architecture as his inspiration, he ushered in the...

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Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Trailer: "Salvage of Rags"

Date released

24 Dec 1942

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

707A

NoS ID

012552

Story no

1 / 5

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Rags for Salvage Trailer. SHOTLIST: Models of husband, wife, children going round houses collecting all their old rags, handing same to collector.

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Rags to Riches

Date released

25 Apr 1963

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1768A

NoS ID

025073

Story no

2 / 5

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Rags to Riches. DESCRIPTION: Rags collected by two old ladies at their home in the French Pyrenees. The Boileau sisters aren’t poor, even though collecting rags is an essential part...

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Glorious "Old Rags"

Date released

20 Jun 1932

Series name

Universal News

Issue no

203

NoS ID

138864

Story no

3 / 8

Extras

1 commentary sheet

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Rags to Stitches

Date released

25 May 1944

Series name

Pathe Gazette

Issue no

44/42

NoS ID

100388

Story no

6 / 6

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

Cartoon showing old piece of rag being taken into salvage rag factory and coming out at the other end as a nurse’s uniform.

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From Dump to Front Line

Date released

21 Dec 1942

Series name

Warwork News

Issue no

S15/11; Paramount Issue No.: 1232

NoS ID

156594

Story no

1 / 3

New Army slogan: "Waste nothing and win the war". A large variety of old materials made into useful things: eg: boots into fertilisers, old jerkins into gloves and brief cases. Shrunken woollens defelted by...

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Break-Up

Date released

19 Feb 1970

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

2124A

NoS ID

028195

Story no

3 / 5

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Piano Smashing. DESCRIPTION: University Rags are always a smash hit. This year was no exception as London Students became demolition workers and turned rag-time on old pianos into money...

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Throwaway Society

Date released

1968

Series name

Look At Life

Issue no

468

NoS ID

350663

Story no

1 / 1

NoS synopsis: Looks at different types of rubbish generated by society, and the problems of quantity and how to dispose of it, including recycling. Shows waste paper being collected and taken to board mills,...

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Great Authors: Charles Dickens (2003)

Subject

Literature

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 510 minutes (3 discs)), £29.99

A 3-part DVD set exploring the life, times and work of Charles Dickens, using a mixture of drama and dramatised documentary from the BBC archives. His is a fascinating story - from rags to riches, complete...

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