Light-hearted item about clothes rationing.
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Soldiers get good rations to celebrate the last Christmas of the war.
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Peter West compresses food extracts to make concentrated rations for servicemen.
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The British Army Catering Corps show how to cook your rations.
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Comedian Jerry Verno dresses as a housewife and sings about clothes rationing.
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Government trailer showing the groups of people that are guaranteed a daily ration of milk.
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Fashion expert Anne Edwards combats hat rationing by making stylish turbans from scarves.
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The Sykes family combat petrol rationing - they ride around Sale in a pedal-powered car.
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Trailer about rationing use of gas and electricity, starring Naughton Wayne.
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M of I trailer about moths - replacing clothes damaged by moth grubs wastes rations!
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A woman tries out pair of (not very glamorous) shoes with wooden soles.
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People show how they can economise in wartime life - especially over cigarettes and sugar.
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Good shots of ATS girls preparing food for soldiers at lonely army guard posts.
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Glamorous model demonstrates different ways of tying headscarf.
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Trainer André asks Mick the dog various questions which he answers in barks.
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Actress Wilma Vanne demonstrates how to make a wartime snack from roe and potatoes.
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Customers bring paper for wrapping goods, flowers in a lamp post and army tent pegs made.
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The Two Leslies - Holmes and Sarony - sing and play "Won't it be Wonderful?".
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An outdoor exhibition in blitzed London shows everything needed to equip an army.
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Pathe pays tribute to housewives for their war efforts.
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A woman makes stockings out of old hat netting.
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Quirky item about hats, with cartoons by Joe Noble.
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Ministry of Information cartoon trailer about rationing fuel consumption.
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Trailer urging people to re-style their old clothes and save clothing coupons for the essential.
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Item showing how batteries work and how to make your own.
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Wooden soled shoes being made in Somerset.
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Furrier Mr. Grubert shows off latest in utility furs to customer at London showroom.
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Anne Edwards gives advice on how to make your own slippers and save clothing coupons.
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Fashion item about how a woman can make the same dress look completely different everyday.
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Item showing women how to recycle evening gowns into practical daytime dresses.
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Mr Grubert remodels old fur coats to give them a new fashionable look.
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A Wren borrows a frock from British War Relief wedding dress loan service
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Designer Olive O'Neill at work on simple but elegant tweed dress.
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Item showing how to make new women's clothes and hats out of men's old ones.
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Fashion tips for using scraps of old material, and making two hats out of one.
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An early version of the farmers' market.
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Trailer advising people to save their clothing coupons for emergencies only
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Peggy Desmond plays 'Yours' and 'When We're Home, Sweet Home Again' plus animation.
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Good footage of the comic duo of McGregor and West dressed as old women.
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Women in the news.
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Leslies Holmes and Sarony entertain with a song called 'Don't You Know There's A War On?'.
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Very funny item compares a visit to the grocer's in peacetime and wartime.
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Imagining what car of future will look like, with diagrams by Joe Noble.
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Peter Sinclare sings about 'Frugal Dougal, Minister of Meanness' and urges us to save.
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British Army Catering Corps at work in field kitchen and demonstrating Tommy stove.
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Christmas onboard a battleship - giant Christmas pudding and small service.
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King George VI inspects Naval Cadets, Queen Elizabeth visits Ministry of Food.
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Small trawler takes supplies out to Royal Navy warships anchored in Channel.
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Story of bombed out family in Southwark from their rescue to entering temporary accommodation.
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Repatriated prisoners of war arrive in Liverpool and give interviews to camera.
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