Description: Film opens with shots of fires in London during the Blitz, and the resulting devastation, followed by shots of the clearing of bombed areas (using traction engines and bulldozers) for the dual purpose of "removing wounds" and reclaiming metal, both girders and smaller fittings, from the ruins (including bombed House of Commons). Film then shows railway transport of scrap, and some scrapyard scenes, (electro-magnet, etc). Having thus set the scene, the film points out that America is no longer sending her scrap, so Britain must look for new sources (eg old pitheads) and makes a direct appeal to the public - railings and chains on private property particularly singled out. Film then shows scrap re-processed into steel, and so into ships, guns, shells etc: "agents of retribution for the Nazis."
Production Details: Ministry of Supply (Production sponsor)
Ministry of Information (Production sponsor)
British Movietone News (Production company)
Sanger, Gerald (Production individual)
Perrin, Raymond (Production individual)
Ramsden, Jack L (Production individual)
Mitchell, Leslie Scott Falconer1905-10-041985-11-23 (Production cast)
Personalities, Units and Organisations:
Keywords: demolition, British - clearance (object name)
destruction, British military - area: bomb (object name)
industry, British - general: scrap metal (object name)
industry, British - primary: steel (object name)
propaganda, British - practical: appeal for scrap (object name)
GB, England & London, SW <Houses of Parliament> (geography)
Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W
Sound format: Sound
Soundtrack language: English
Title language: English
Subtitle language: None
Technical Details: Format: 35mm
Number of items/reels/tapes: 1
Footage: 765 ft; Running time: 8 mins
