Summary:Second World War British Ministry of Information animated cartoon newsreel trailer encouraging people to save fuel.
Description:The film opens with a wireless happily playing music in an empty living room. The music is interrupted by a radio "Fuel Flash" giving advice about saving fuel. The radio advice is illustrated by the animation; "be sparing when making up a fire" (tongs take only one piece of coal from the coal scuttle); "forget about the poker for the duration" (poker walks from the fire-place and leaves the room); "ensure no heat escapes from the hot water system" (the door at the front of a coal fired boiler is firmly closed); "never use the cooker for just one dish - do all your baking in one go" (an oven door is opened to reveal just one dish inside, then many dishes fly from the kitchen table in to the oven); "be sparing with your use of electricity - switch of lights" (a reading lamp on a desk switches itself off); "switch of the wireless when not listening" (the wireless happily playing music until asked the question "are you listening? no alright" and then it switches itself off).
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Colour:B&W
Digitised:Yes
Object_Number:NPB 13764
Sound:Sound
Access Conditions:IWM
Film: IWM (NPB 13764)
Featured Period:1939-1945
Production Date:1944-1944
Production Country:GB
Production Details:Ministry of Information (Production sponsor)
Ministry of Fuel and Power (Production sponsor)
Halas and Batchelor (Production company)
Halas, John (Production individual)
Batchelor, Joy (Production individual)
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Physical Characteristics:Colour format: B&W
Sound format: Sound
Soundtrack language: English
Technical Details:35mm
Number of items/reels/tapes: 1
Footage: 125 ft; Running time: 1 min 15 secs
