Movietone’s News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Sir Ben Smith - On Food

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
871
Date Released
11 Feb 1946
Date submitted
7 Feb 1946
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 5
Section Title
Movietone’s News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Sir Ben Smith on Food. DESCRIPTION: Sir Ben Smith talks on the World food shortage. Housewives who have to queue for less food are not happy with the situation. SHOTLIST: KS MS Sir Ben Smith starts "I am a man of the people, you all know about the food situation today, etc. etc." Interior of food shop with packets of dried egg stacked on counter. Outside shops queues (x2). Mrs Roberts stands at oven stirring and says "the other day I read in the paper that we were going to get more food, now we seem to get less than during the war."
Keywords
Politics and government; Food and cooking
Locations
London
Footage sources
British Paramount
Card file number
46496
Credits:
Camera
David Prosser
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Camera
Norman Fisher
Camera
Paul Wyand
Length of story (in feet)
100
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Movietone’s News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Sir Ben Smith - On Food', British Movietone News Issue No. 871, 11 Feb 1946. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/13729 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)