Spare The Hot Water 1946

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Ministry of Information public information trailer - Spare the Hot Water.

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MS family in living room. MS as mother puts more coal in the stove. CU wrapping cloth round pipes. MS covered heater. MS mother rinsing plates under running water. CU tap. MS son...

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
84181
Sort Number:
46/016 (TRAILERS)
Time in/Out:
01:19:29:00 / 01:20:26:00
Canister:
46/16 (TRAILERS)
Film ID:
2917.14
Issue Date:
25/02/1946

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