Reel Number: 221623-50
Color: Black and White
Sound: SD
Year / Date: 1949
Country: England,United Kingdom
Location:
TC Begins: 08:54:36
TC Ends: 08:55:27
Duration: 00:00:51
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England (Rationing Ended) (Mar49) 08:54:37 Women in clothing store, trying on coats; carrying parcels on sidewalk. Man going into store, past window with goods. CU sign: You can now purchas all the sheets & towels you require - coupon free. 08:55:12 Woman looking at stocked shelves of linens. 08:55:18 Woman in fur coat leaving store, tearing up coupons & throwing in air. Post-WW2; Post-WWII; Exports; Rationing; Lifting Rations; 1949; NOTE: Voice over of government official explaining that he hopes people won’t buy more than necessary as first goal is exporting goods.