From Dump to Front Line

Series

Series Name

Warwork News

Issue

Issue No.

S15/11

Paramount Issue No.

1232

Date Released

21 Dec 1942

Released by Paramount

21 Dec 1942

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1From Dump to Front Line
2. 2Tripoli
3. 3Special: Italy Blitzed

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 3

Summary

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 a chemical process. Repair departments put new life into old underwear. Oilskin anti-gas capes de-oiled, and oil used for soap and paint. Capes sent to paper mills. Manufacture of felting from rags. Oil from capes used in lino manufacture.

Keywords

Industry and manufacture

This series is held by:

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.

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