After The War (1941)

No title - Fantasy item about how things will be after the war. Location of events unknown. Intertitle - ’War’. ’Victory’ ’Peace.’ M/S of a man dressed as Old Father Time saying it was a people’s war. Various shots of people taking their pots and pans to a big pile. Various shots as they are melted down and shredded in factories to be made into aeroplanes. M/S of diagram showing a pan shaped hole in an aeroplane because they were one short. Diagram of completed aeroplane. M/S showing that, after the war, the world is one big arsenal of weapons. M/S showing a formerly dapper man wearing a utility suit with a top hat. M/S of a drawing of a terrier dog, another shows it wearing gas mask, tin hat, ration pack with a Union Jack flag tied to its tail. M/S of a man superimposed in a drawing of a tank which he is riding like a bus. Various shots of photographs of landmarks such as Big Ben and St. Paul’s Cathedral superimposed onto shots of the countryside showing they have been evacuated.
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