Salvage Saves Shipping (1943)

Title reads: “M of I - Government Official“. Ministry of Information cartoon trailer - Salvage Saves Shipping. Animated sequence: lighthouse keeper looks through telescope as sees a cargo ship taking coal to Newcastle. He looks through the telescope as sees cargo ship carrying scrap to England. Various discarded domestic items are shown lying around house, we see them transforming into useful items thanks to salvage and recycling: books turn into mortar shell, slippers turn into gas mask, saucepan into knife, bones into glue and grease, food scraps into livestock food. More shots lighthouse. NB: item part of Gazette issue 43/44. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from