Gas About Fuel 1942

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Title reads: "M of I - Government Official".

Ministry of Information trailer about rationing use of gas and electricity.

Various shots of comic actor / film star Naughton Wayne giving very boring speech about rationing fuel to empty church hall, at the back sits a man in uniform (caretaker...

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Cataloguer:
Amelia
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
84145
Sort Number:
42/004 (TRAILERS)
Time in/Out:
01:49:54:00 / 01:51:06:00
Canister:
42/4 (TRAILERS)
Film ID:
2915.32
Issue Date:
12/01/1942

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