Summary: Second World War British Ministry of Information newsreel trailer encouraging the consumption of green vegetables and emphasising their value as a source of vitamin C.
Description: A young girl, seated on the floor, assembles large toy building blocks in towers. Vitamin A for eyes and growth. Vitamin B for energy. Vitamin C for fitness. The commentary states that vitamin C builds up energy especially in winter. Over a brief sequence showing a sailing ship at sea the commentary explains that the lack of vitamin C caused the disease scurvy. The commentary continues "it is a know that fresh fruit and vegetables are rich in vitamin C". Simple animation introduces various fruits including grapefruit, pear, plum, orange, strawberry, grapes and bananas. The commentary explains "we can not produce, or import, enough fruit in wartime. We are growing more green vegetables to take their place. Some of these are richer in vitamin C than fruit". Simple animation introduces various green vegetables including lettuce, broad beans, celery, cabbage and cauliflower. Shots of a garden with baskets of vegetables, a bed of cabbages and panning shot over allotments. "Through the campaign to grow more vegetables the nation is now self-supporting in vitamin C". Caption VITAMIN C CAN BE LOST IN BAD COOKING, shot of a lid-less saucepan boiling on a cooker with the animated letters C in the rising steam. The commentary continues "too long, or too much water and vitamin C is boiled away". Uncooked cabbage being sliced on a salad plate is of "more valuable eaten raw". Caption GARDEN WILL PROVIDE YOU WITH GREEN VEGETABLES ALL YEAR ROUND. Simple animation listing the seasonal vegetables. Spring - turnip top, radish, spring onion and leek. Summer - broad beans, cauliflower, lettuce and watercress. Autumn - peas, runner beans, cabbage, mustard and cress. Winter - celery, sprouts, endive and spinach. The film returns to the tower of building blocks which reads from bottom to top - C, all cabbages, all green veg, all green salads, Fitness. End caption EAT ALL THE GREEN VEGETABLES YOU CAN GET
