News on Screen

Series

Series Name

Pathe Gazette

Issue

Issue No.

40/95

Date Released

25 Nov 1940

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. Raid Damage Clear Up
• 2. Minesweeper Shoots Down Raider
• 3. Necessity - The Mother of Invention
• 4. Army Helps G.P.O.
• 5. More Italian Prisoners
• 6. Sweeping the Seas
• 7. South African Children Welcome Evacuees
• 8. The 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

Pathe Icon Pathé

Production Documents

• Commentary
• Shot List

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Film Archive

Name

British Pathe Ltd

Email

info@britishpathe.com

Web

https://www.britishpathe.com/

Phone

0207 665 8340

Address

3.29 Canterbury Court
1-3 Brixton Road
London
SW9 6DE

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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