Fly Films - Post-War

'equal Pay For Women' - Pathe Opinion Poll (1946)

Various people give their opinions on equal pay for women.

Coal Mining Employment Trailer (1947)

Great film to encourage men to take up jobs in the newly nationalised coal mines.

Looking Back - On 1947 (1947)

A review of events in Britain and around the World in 1947.

British Heavy Industry (1947)

Exterior / interior shots of factories in Britain - cuts from 47/22.

Labour Party Conference (1947)

Footage of various Government ministers at the 1947 Labour Party Conference. Margate

Bevan Takes Over As Minister Of Labour (1951)

Aneurin Bevan takes over at Ministry of Labour. London.

Will Lawther Ncb (1947)

Will Lawther, President of the National Union of Mineworkers, speaking from his desk. Mute.

Ncb In Session (1947)

National Coal Board in session - shots of meeting in progress.

National Coal Board Conceived (1947)

Mines are handed over to National Coal Board.

Coal Crisis Grips Industry (1947)

Coal shortages following nationalisation create problems for other industries.

Coal Board Gala Procession (1952)

Floats take part in Coal Board gala procession. Wakefield, West Yorkshire.

Around Scotland (1947)

The coal mines are taken into the people's ownership and men learn to care for trees.

General Election (1945)

Leader of the Communist Party addresses the public.

Interviews From Summing Up No.15 AKA Opinions On The Labour Govt (1950)

John Parsons interviewing women regarding the election

Dole Queue AKA Miners (1947)

A group of miners talk to John Parsons about unemployment and illness. South Wales.

Dockers Talk About Unemployment (1947)

John Parsons interviews dockers about unemployment. Barry, Wales.

Cotton Mill Girls & Idle Mills (1947)

Cotton mill girls out of work thanks to shortage of coal.

Britain To Vote (1951)

Prime Minister Attlee announces the next General Election. Pathe ask people what they think.

Trailer - Don't Go Down The Mine (1946)

Great trailer film to encourage men to take up jobs in the coal mines after nationalisation.

Pathe Election Forum AKA General Election (1945)

Leader of he Labour Party Mr Clement Attlee addresses the people.

British Depression (1930)

Unemployed and working life in 1930s Britain

Steel Nationalisation - Alfred Edwards MP (1948)

Conservative MP makes Party Political speech against government plans for nationalisation,

Wealth Of The World - Transport - Reel 2 (1947)

The development of road, rail and water transport in Britain - focuses on nationalisation in 1947

Nationalisation Of Coal 1946 (1946)

Cabinet Ministers attend the nationalisation of coal ceremony. London.

My New Coal Plans Shinwell (1946)

Minister for fuel and power, Emanuel Shinwell, makes his case for Nationalisation of the mines.

Battle Of Britain 1947 (1947)

A great story about the economic difficulties facing Britain after the Second World War.

The Birth Of A Service (1940)

Excellent documentary about the National Fire Service.

Prefabs (1948)

Item showing prefabricated house being constructed in less than an hour.

English Housewife. (1948)

Life after W.W.2.using ration books for shopping.

Industrial Survey - 2 - Your Chance Of A House This Year (1947)

An investigation into the Country's housing problem.

Builders At Work (1947)

Good shots of bricklayers at work on building site.

Pathe's Opinion Poll AKA Pathe Opinion Poll - You And The Squatters (1946)

Squatters occupy empty buildings in protest at housing problem, interviews with men in street.

Attlee Opens New Flats In Stepney (1946)

Prime Minister Clement Attlee opens a new block of flats in Stepney, London.

Bevan Speaks On Housing (1946)

Health Minister Nye Bevan talks on the housing situation.

Utility Home Coming AKA Utility Homecoming (1945)

Mrs Shea prepares her new prefabricated house for her husband's imminent homecoming.

Dream Kitchen (1945)

Commander Campbell shows Grandma Buggins around a modern kitchen.

Town Planning AKA Town Has Post War Plan (1944)

Newcastle-under-Lyme reveals its plans to build many new houses after the war.

Design For Living

Modern houses to be built for the post war families.

Housing Problems (1950)

Bomb sites and poor housing areas in London - good footage.

GPO Handles Christmas Mail (1946)

The GPO handle Christmas parcels that have come undone in the system.

Nursing - Trailer (1946)

A short trailer film encouraging people to take jobs in hospitals.

Nhs Trailer (1950)

Short trailer film encouraging people to give back their medicine bottles to the NHS.

Nhs Service On Industrial Estate (1947)

A mobile clinic in the Slough area to render treatment to workers. Buckinghamshire.

New National Health Service (1944)

Message to fill in application form and 'Don't Forget, Choose Your Doctor Now'.

National Health Service Story - Including Interview With Stephen Taylor Mp. (1948)

Requirement for & production of glasses, medicines, interview with Stephen Taylor.

Leaflet For The New National Health Service - English Version (1944)

Voice over informs people to read the new National Health Service leaflet.

Choose Your Doctor - Trailer (1948)

A short trailer film about choosing a doctor under the National Health Service.

GPO Trailer (1949)

A short animated trailer film advising people to address their letters correctly.

Used Correctly Priced Stamp (1948)

Post Office worker urges people to put the right postage on letters going abroad.

GPO Underground (1948)

Various shots of mail bags on GPO underground railway in London.

GPO Sorting Office (1948)

Shots of GPO sorting office and GPO underground station at Mount Pleasant, Clerkenwell.

Aluminium School - Bevan (1949)

Misleading title - item about Nye Bevan digging first clod of earth for health centre in London.