Elastic (1942)

Elastic. Various shots of elastic goods including suspenders, rubber band, conjurer’s tricks, corset and boy having his bottom spanked with rubber sole of a shoe. M/S showing dictionary definition of elastic, map shows rubber is in enemy hands. Suggests some substitutes such as the blow fish. Cartoon shows boy with expanded stomach after eating Christmas pudding. Various shots of diagrams showing first model aeroplanes, M/S bombers. A cartoon bomb drops on a man’s head. 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 British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content fro