Easter 1941 (1941)

Title reads: “Easter 1941“. Filmed in various locations, some unknown. Comparison of holiday activities before the war and during the war. Panning shot of crowds at a large London railway terminal, an old shot from the 1930s. L/S of a deserted railway platform in 1941 with a train standing while a few passengers climb aboard. C/U of female porter pushing a barrow. M/S of car laid up in a private garage because of fuel rationing. Various shots of women and children working on an allotment. L/S of crowded sea front promenade in the 1930s. M/S of 3 old ladies removing their stockings and paddling in the village pond in 1941. C/U of small children looking at sign advertising carrots on sticks, we see the kids eating carrots from a stick (wartime supplement for ice-cream!). M/S of 5 young women crossing a field carrying gardening / farming tools - working holiday. M/S of a very small girl walking along a country lane, she is carrying a small knapsack on her back. FILM ID: A VIDEO