Worker and Warfront

Dates

1942 - 1945

Category

Cinemagazine - News Related

History

Worker and Warfront was an official news magazine produced by Paul Rotha Productions for the Ministry of Information between May 1942 and January 1945. Each issue lasted between ten and twelve minutes and usually comprised of around four stories covering topics such as war-time recipes, camouflage netting, a children’s clothing exchange and re-shaping the landscape around concrete works. After issue no.18 Worker and Warfront the series was re-named Britain Can Make It.

Provenance

Worker and Warfront data is taken from the ‘Catalogue of Films of General Scientific Interest available in Great Britain’, which was compiled by the Scientific Film Association in 1946.

Films in this series can be obtained from:

Film Archive

Name

Imperial War Museum Film and Video Archive

Email

film@iwm.org.uk

Web

http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/film

Phone

020 7416 5291

Fax

020 7416 5379

Address

Lambeth Road
London SE1 6HZ

Notes

The IWM also preserves the original nitrate film copies for the World War II period of British Paramount News, Gaumont British News and Universal News.

Series held

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