Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Trailer: "Compost Heaps" - Cartoon

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

779A

Date Released

11 May 1944

Date submitted

4 May 1944

Date submitted

5 Jul 1943

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Trailer: "Compost Heaps" - Cartoon
2. 2Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Messages Home (New Series No 1)
3. 3Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Girls at War
4. 4Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: The "Constellation"
5. 5Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Mr Curtin and War on Japan

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 5

Section Title

Movietone’s War Time News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Trailer: "Compost Heaps" - Cartoon. SHOTLIST: CARTOON - Vegetable growing and then thanking Mr Middleton. Shots of Mr Middleton talking to the screen. Shots of a plant and its roots. Shot of a Compost Heap. Plants underground taking Nitrogen potash phosphates to other plants. Feeding the plant. Compost Heap. Mr Middleton talking. Plant talking. - (Ministry of Agriculture & Fisheries "Dig For Victory" Leaflet No 7) Commentary - "Thanks Mr Middleton. Mr Middleton - Good Afternoon, we all expect vegetables to feed us but we’ve got to see that we feed them properly too. Suppose we get down to the root of the matter. Plants need food just as much as we do, and it must be in a form they can assimilated. This is where humas comes in. Humas is composed mainly of decayed vegetable matter. By putting humas in the soil plus a few handfuls of chemical fertiliser you make sure that the plant has enough to eat. One of the best sources of humas is the compost heap. It really acts as a sort of canteen for the plants. Simple and cheap its mainly garden waste, its easy to make a compost heap and if you want it in time for next seasons crop now is a good time to start. PLANT - That’s right, now is a good time to start."

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Trailer

Keywords

Agriculture; Horticulture; Public information; Newsreels

Footage sources

Ministry of Information

Card file number

43832

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

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