Summary: Second World War British Ministry of Information newsreel trailer advising on how to set up refuge rooms within a house.
Description: The film opens with shots of a middle aged man and woman removing chairs from a suburban living room with a title superimposed over the image SHELTER AT HOME. The man lifts a clock from the mantelpiece over a fireplace and the woman queries "Surely we can leave the clock" to which the man replies "Oh no, not according to the book" and then consults the leaflet "Shelter at Home" looking at the paragraph on "Completing the refuge room". The couple remove the clock, vases and a fish tank. Brief view down a suburban street. Shot of several houses with blackout tape on the windows. Interior shot of the man fixing blackout protection on a window. View of the cleared living room with a Morrison shelter in the centre of the room. A women crawls in to the steel air raid shelter and closes the side. Brief shot in an open-air test centre(?). A large wooden wall is dropped on directly on a Morrison shelter and causes minor damage only. In the suburban living room a sheet is spread over the Morrison shelter for use as a dining table. The shelter table is laid with crockery for tea. Shot of a younger man reinforcing the wall and ceiling of a room with wooden props. Brief view of two cast iron single beds under the wooden reinforcing frame. The film ends with the a close-up of the middle aged man speaking to the audience advising on the purchase of the "Shelter from Home" leaflet. Close-up of the front page of the leaflet.
Production Details: Ministry of Information (Production sponsor)
Ministry of Home Security (Production sponsor)
British Movietone News (Production company)
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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: 200ft; Running time: 2 mins