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Synopsis

A selection of nine official British government information films portraying Britain in the 1940s: 1) Village School (1940, 11 min): a picture of Ashley Green village school in Buckinghamshire, narrated by the headmistress whose problems include absorption of a number of refugees; 2) Eating Out with Tommy Trinder (1941, 6 min): Tommy Trinder is shown eating at official British restaurants during wartime, rationed Britain, including a self-service restaurant in Liverpool specially set up for people to eat in wartime; 3) Land Girl (1942, 8 min): how a land army girl adapts herself to working on a farm; 4) Pop Goes the Weasel (1948, 10 min): a simple explanation given by a park-keeper to a man sitting on a park bench, of how the money raised by taxation is divided out among the various services which the government provides for the public’s benefit. Made for H M Treasury;
5) London Airport (1949, 9 min): the building and development of Heathrow Airport from 1944, when it was begun, to 1949, by which time it had become truly international; 6) Berlin Airlift (1949, 10 min): how the RAF and US Air Force kept Berlin supplied with food, fuel and other necessities during the siege of the city; 7) Your Very Good Health (1948, 9 min): a humorous animation in which ‘Charley’ learns how the new National Health Service will affect him and his family; 8, 9): two bonus items.

Series

Film Images Heritage Series

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Video; Videocassette. VHS. b&w. 68 min.

Year of production

1949

Availability

Retail outlets
Sale; 2004 sale: £15.00 (inclusive)

Subjects

History

Keywords

airports; government information films; Home Front; National Health Service; taxation; World War II

Sections

Title

Village school

Synopsis

5) London Airport (1949, 9 min): the building and development of Heathrow Airport from 1944, when it was begun, to 1949, by which time it had become truly international; 6) Berlin Airlift (1949, 10 min): how the RAF and US Air Force kept Berlin supplied w

Title

Eating out with Tommy Trinder

Title

Land girl

Title

Pop goes the weasel

Title

London airport

Title

Berlin airlift

Title

Your very good health

Production Company

Name

Central Office of Information

Phone

020 7928 2345

Fax

020 7928 5037

Address

Hercules Road
LONDON
SE1 7DU

Notes

Contact: Vince Sannessee

Distributor

Name

Moviemail

Web

https://www.simplyhe.com/3000-moviemail External site opens in new window

Phone

0844 848 2000

Address

Simply Home Entertainment
PO Box 7741
Ringwood
BH24 9FA
UK

Notes

As of December 2016 the Moviemail web presence is incorporated within the Simply Media website