A Light To Remember - Save Gas And Electricity (1945)
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Channel: British Pathé · 2014 · Education
Title reads: "M of I - Government Official". Ministry of Information trailer asking people to save gas and electricity - A Light to Remember". A cinema manager standing in front of cinema screen as credits of main feature are running. He calls out for a Mrs. Tristle. Shadow of a woman standing up in auditorium. Manager tells Mrs. T. her husband wants her to go home - she's left the gas and electric heating on. Mrs. T. says she doesn't want to return to a cold home. Manager ticks her off - Mrs. T. is wasting valuable fuel that could be used for the war effort! He asks the projectionist to put a title up on the screen. End title: "If you save gas and electricity you are saving coal!" NB: item is part of Gazette issue 45/17. FILM ID:2915.37 FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT http://www.britishpathe.com/
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