Other titles:NATIONAL SAVINGS FILMS [Series Title]
Summary: Film shot before the outbreak of war shows pastoral and industrial scenes typical of the twelve regions in England and Wales into which the National Savings movement is split.
Description:"This film was produced just before the war. So you can now see something of the old peace-time life of England and Wales shows the National Savings area divisions, twelve in all, whose major industrial or agricultural concerns are then shown. (1) Lancashire cotton industry, soap making, Merseyside ferry, Liverpool docks, Chester, Cheshire cheese. (2) Tyneside, modern trading and housing estate, border sheep and scenery. (3) Yorkshire industry, steel foundry, people leaving work, National Savings holiday poster. (4) East Anglian fishing boats, unloading and gutting fish, harvesting and tinning peas. (5) East Midlands shoe manufacturing, potato and sugar beet harvesting, brick manufacturing. (6) West Midlands pottery and glass manufacture, machine-tools, cars, orchards and classroom scene where children learn to save. (7) South East hop and fruit picking, poultry farms, wrought iron crooks. (8) Southern England ploughing, hand sowing, agricultural show, pigs and bacon curing, Queen Mary arriving at Southampton. (9) South West fishing village, netmaking, China clay works, tin mining. (10) London. Aerial view of St Paul's. Tower Bridge, Covent Garden Market, Houses of Parliament, Bush House, Underground exit, Derry and Tom's store in Kensington High Street, Bank of England, Mansion House. (11) North Wales sheep, slate quarrying, Eisteddfod. (12) South Wales coal mining, docks, coracles fishing. Film ends with appeal "Lend to defend the right to be free" and lists National Savings banks and bonds.
Alternative Title:NATIONAL SAVINGS FILMS [Series Title]
Colour:B&W
Digitised:Yes
Object_Number:RMY 61
Sound:Sound
Access Conditions:IWM
Featured Period:1939-1945
Production Date:1940-1940
Production Country:GB
Production Details:National Savings Committee (Production sponsor)
Merton Park Studios (Production Company)
Musk, Cecil (Production individual)
Beaumont, C (Production individual)
Purcell, Harold (Production individual)
Hemsley, Norman (Production individual)
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Keywords:
Physical Characteristics:Colour format: B&W
Sound format: Sound
Soundtrack language: English
Title language: English
Technical Details:Footage: 1735 ft; Running time: 19 mins
