Operation "Larder"

Series

Series Name
Pathe News

Issue

Issue No.
46/12
Date Released
11 Feb 1946
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Formidable Comes Home
  2. 2Sub Wins Storm Battle
  3. 3Operation "Larder"

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 3
Summary
Minister of Food, Sir Ben Smith, announces Britain’s new food cuts. Threat of world famine puts this country back onto wartime food levels. Documentary treatment of story begins in typical home (with commentary by Muriel George) and then explains reasons for world food crisis over appropriate shots of conditions here and overseas. Sound sequence from Sir Ben Smith.
Keywords
Politics and government; Food and cooking
Credits:
Commentator
Muriel George
Length of story (in feet)
409
Story extras:
Film clip
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