Summary: Second World War British Ministry of Information newsreel trailer reminding the public to fully extinguish all cigarettes.
Description: A dog, probably a white English bull terrier, lies down in front of an open fire in a public house his thoughts voice as "now for a quiet snooze". Two men walk in to the pub talking loudly and sit down on bar stools (only feet and legs are seen). The dog wakes up and the lies back again to try to sleep with his thoughts voiced "..those gas bags". The men order drinks and continue talking "now let's get down to the bare bones". At the word bones, the dog sits up his thoughts voiced "bones, what bones?". The men continue with their conversation "how can we expect to beat Hitler when he has got so many friends in this country?". The dog tries to sleep again. The men's conversation continues "There is no Fifth column here - I am telling you there is, rats!" The dog sits up agitated, his thoughts voiced "rats, where?". The men's conversation moves on to fires "Fires don't happen by accident.. anyone causing a fire in wartime is a traitor, stamp it out!". One of the men drops his lighted cigarette on the carpeted floor. The dog stands up and walks over to the smoking cigarette and, using his paw, tries to extinguish it. The dog then picks up the cigarette in his mouth and shakes his head. Whilst the dog is extinguishing the cigarette the commentary states "Cigarette ends cause most of the thousand fires that break out every day. Stamp yours out!" The film ends with a caption, spelt out in burning cigarette ends, YOU CAN'T BE TOO CAREFUL!
Production Details: Ministry of Information (Production sponsor)
Fire Officers' Committee (Production sponsor)
Spectator (Production company)
Gunn, Gilbert (Production individual)
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Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W
Sound format: Sound
Soundtrack language: English
Title language: English
Technical Details: Format: 35mm
Number of items/reels/tapes: 1
Footage: 95 ft; Running time: 1 min
