Necessity - The Mother of Invention

Series

Series Name
Pathe Gazette

Issue

Issue No.
40/95
Date Released
25 Nov 1940
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Raid Damage Clear Up
  2. 2Minesweeper Shoots Down Raider
  3. 3Necessity - The Mother of Invention
  4. 4Army Helps G.P.O.
  5. 5More Italian Prisoners
  6. 6Sweeping the Seas
  7. 7South African Children Welcome Evacuees
  8. 8The Tragedy of Coventry

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 8
Summary
Invent for economy, leads to girl donning her brother’s golf socks to protect her silk stockings, girl using a hairpin as a type of cigarette holder to enable her to get the last puff, and an errand boy who, owing to the shortage of tin hats, uses one of his mother’s saucepans.
Keywords
Children; Fashion and costume
Locations
United Kingdom
Length of story (in feet)
123
Story extras:
Film clip
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Notes
Pathe now also handles the Reuters Historical Collection, which includes the British Paramount, Empire British, Gaumont Graphic and Gaumont British newsreels.
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