Title:OLD MOTHER HUBBARD - NEW VERSION [Main Title]
Film Number:IWM 1177b
Other titles:FILM TAGS [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Short piece encouraging people in Britain to save bones for munitions, summer 1918.
Description: In an acted scene "Old Mother Hubbard" offers her dog (played by Mac, the Hepworth collie) a bone, which he refuses. The caption points out that bone is used in munitions, and eighteen pounds of bone will fire an 18-pounder shell. The film shows these shells being stockpiled by British soldiers, and German soldiers (acted) running away under shellfire.
Alternative Title:FILM TAGS [Allocated Series Title]
Production Details: Ministry of Information (Production sponsor)
Hepworth Manufacturing Company (Production company)
Edwards, Henry1882-09-181952-11-02 (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations:
Keywords: propaganda, British - practical (object name)
31/3(41) (event)
Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W
Sound format: Silent
Soundtrack language: None
Title language: English
Subtitle language: English
Technical Details: Format: 35mm
Number of items/reels/tapes: 1
Footage: 115 ft; Running time: 2 mins
