Rationing Ends

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1309
Date Released
5 Jul 1954
Date submitted
29 Jun 1954
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 6
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: End of Rationing. DESCRIPTION: Wartime queues, which fast became a feature of the British way of life, are about to become a memory. Meat, the last food on ration, has been freed after 14 years. SHOTLIST: People queuing up outside shops during the war. View of butcher’s shop window. Paul Wyand registering appreciation. Outside shop and then inside shot of shop. CU of meat. Porters carrying the meat from the lorry to shop. CU of Ration Books burning.
Keywords
Food and cooking
Card file number
61336
Credits:
Commentator
Geoffrey Sumner
Camera
Norman Fisher
Length of story (in feet)
78
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Rationing Ends', British Movietone News Issue No. 1309, 5 Jul 1954. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/19330 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)