RATION BOOKS AND RABBIT PIES - DVD

RATION BOOKS AND RABBIT PIES: FILMS FROM THE HOME FRONT (DVD)

Continuing the BFI's exploration of Britain on Film, this fascinating collection brings together a selection of public information films, propaganda shorts and adverts from the Second World War, drawn from the BFI Archive all of which give essential advice to a nation in an age of austerity. Amongst the handy hints and tips, we learn how to support the war effort from home by rationing, staying healthy, growing vegetables, cooking and salvaging. Also included is an illustrated booklet with essays, films notes and full film credits.

THE FILMS:
Cookery Tips

• Cookery Hints: Oatmeal Porridge
• When the Pie was Opened
• Mrs T and her Cabbage Patch
• Two Cooks and a Cabbage
• Tea Making Tips
• Food Flash: Milk, Fish and Potatoes

Save Your Shillings and Smile

• Did You Ever See a Dream Talking
• Keep Them Safe Keep Them Happy
• Bob-in the Pound
• Save Your Shillings and Smile
• Get Cracking
• Food Flash: Bread and Dough

Make Do and Mend

• Salvage with a Smile
• Wisdom of the Wild
• Sabotage!
• Mrs Mopp Entertains
• Wicked Witch
• Dustbin Parade
• Little Annie's Rag Book
• Little Miss Muddlehead
• Food Flash: Ration Books

Fighting Fit

• Fitness Wins: 4 and 20 Fit Girls
• A-Tish-oo!
• ABCD of Health
• Round Figures
• Food Flash: Eggs, Cocoa and Cod Liver Oil

Dig For Victory

• The Backyard Front
• Bampton Shows The Way
• Food Flash: Canteens and Rats

UK | 1940-1944 | black and white | English language | 151 minutes | Original aspect ratio 1.33:1 | DVD9 | PAL | Dolby Digital 1.0 mono (160kbps) | Cert E | Region 0