Scrap Drive (1952)

Canning Town, London. - George Cohen’s Scrap Yard. Large piles of scrap metal. Men with barrows wheel more material into the scrap yard. Duncan Sandys, Minster of Supply, is there to talk to the scrap men and raise the profile of the Government’s drive to get more scrap metal. General views of scrap yard as Sandys is shown around. In Gloucester, Gloucestershire we see a compressor which squashes scrap metal into small blocks. (Orig. Neg.) (Title Scene “G“) Selected Originals exist for this item - see other records. 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 the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont