KEYWORDS: FOOD, DRINK.

There are two very distinctive types of "food" story in the Pathe archive; serious items about the "politics" of food and more fun items about food production and consumption.

During rationing the "Food Minister" was often in the news inspecting production and commenting on aid shipments both to and from Britain. During the war items often covered tactics used to increase the efficiency of food distribution to, and the quality of the end product for, the front lines.

There are also a great number of lighter stories about specific foods and none are more prominent than "egg" related ones! From the "egg-o-matic" dispenser through frozen eggs, egg artists, egg massages, the cooking of 5000 fried eggs in one morning, an egg cracking machine that gets through 8000 eggs per hour, Easter Eggs and, of course, Egg and Spoon Races, eggs were never far from the news editors' in tray!

Bread was always a hot item as well; anything from a bread buttering machines to baking, slicing, and freezing were often featured, particularly during the war…

For those who prefer drinking to eating the majority of relevant stories (and there are hundreds) in the archive are about beer, wine, milk, tea, or cocktails.

Enjoy!

SOME HIGHLIGHTS

CP 303: "SPAGHETTI RACE"
CP 004: "COFFE HOUSE" (The El Cubano in groovy Kensington, 1955)
CP 316: "ELIZABETHAN DINNER"
CP 059: "ORANGES AND LEMONS" (Harvest Festivals from around the world)
CP 077: "CANDY CARDS" (edible Greeting Cards)
CP 218: "WORLD IN ONE ROOM" (a "foods of the world" feast; from caviar to hot dogs)
CP 057: "PACKAGING FACTORY" (food packaging 1956 style…)
CP 233: "ICING ARTIST"
CP 126: "ICE CREAM FACTORY"
CP 175: "OLDEST INN" (a pub that serves jugged hare and mulled ale)
CP 385: "YE OLDE BAKERY"
CP 616: "AVACADO PEARS2 (chefs get creative with Avacados)
EP 206: "THE CULINARY ART" (30s Nouvelle Cuisine)
G 790: "THE ROAST BEEF OF OLD ENGLAND"
G 1250: "THE WORLD'S LARGEST BANQUET"
G 1229: "BONGS WAKES FAIR" (a Lancashire village roasts a bullock…)
34/71: "PLUM PUDDING IN PROCESSION" (a great 30s Village Feast)
PT 322: "AN ARMY MARCHES ON ITS EATS"
PT 532: "THE MAN WHO EATS GRASS"
40/97: "TUBE SNACKS" (food for Blitz Shelters)
48/82: "CHAZ CHASE TURNS VEGETARIAN" (and eats flowers, paper, bus tickets, matches…)
PSP 905: "PICNIC DAYS" (how to prepare food for a 30s picnic)
51/03: "MEAT CUT TIES UP BUTCHERS" (the problems of meat rationing)
54/70: "FOOD FAIR" (Olympia, 1954)
57/79: "BOTTOM'S UP" (1957 Munich Beer Festival)
59/68: "NEWS FROM ITALY - BEEFSTEAK FESTIVAL"
NSP 42: "HOT PIES ON A BIKE" (mobile pie vendor…)
CP 147: "CHILDREN'S COCKTAIL BAR"
EP 054: "TEA BY THE SEA" (more like tea in the sea, 1922…)
32/81: "WINE… WHILE YOU WAIT" (ceremonial pressing of grapes in France, 1932)

KEYWORDS: FOOD, DRINK.