News on Screen

Series

Series Name

Eve And Everybody’s Film Review

Issue

Issue No.

530

Date Released

30 Jul 1931

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. Is Cricket a Suitable Game for Eve?
• 2. (Another Change)
• 3. (Super Kitchens)
• 4. (Down by the Riverside)

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 4

Summary

NoS Summary - chefs on board a liner using labour saving devices.
British Pathe synopsis: Two short shots of man loading milk powder into a vat. He then puts little square pats of butter into the vats. Intertitle reads: "...is part of what they nickname the "iron cow!" - (Your milk is formed out of milk powder, water and butter - and machines!)" M/S of milk being poured through a machine which looks like corrugated iron. The milk then pours out of the bottom of the machine. "Other machines deal with the vegetables - " M/S of vegetables (potatoes?) being poured into a machine. We then see them emerge from the other end of the machine - possibly peeled. Cabbages are put into another machine. M/S of a group of chefs working in a galley. "In liners, men do Eve’s kitchen work - " Various shots of chefs at work. Shot of a machine which is used to slice bread. "Here’s a new one - a super "toaster". Several pieces of bread are placed on a grill pan and put under to toast. "But, the "Narkunda’s" sweetest department is the cakes and pastry section - " Tilt down shot of a cake mixing machine. C/U of a chef, tilt down to show him slicing up a Swiss roll. Shot of waiters moving around collecting food for the liners’ guests. Exterior shot of the ship showing lifeboats and the waves.

Keywords

Ships and boats; Food and cooking

Written sources

Pathe Inventory File   Tin No.217
British Pathe Database 1997   Reference No.EP217 Used for synopsis
National Film Archive Catalogue

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