Matchbox Toys Issue Title Is Seeing’s Believing (1941)

Part of SEEING’S BELIEVING issue. Walworth, London. Various shots of ARP warden, Mr Bazan (sp.?) doing his hobby: making toys from matchboxes and match sticks. Mr B. has made toy cars, dolls’ house furniture, model animals and boats. He gives the toys to children who have been bombed out of their homes. Mr B. started the hobby when he was recuperating from an injury he got in the Blitz. FILM ID:1310.2 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 British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website