Flower Egg Shells Aka Eggshell Vases Issue Title Is Ladies First (1940)

Eggshell vases. Issue title is LADIES FIRST. Location of events unknown. Various shots of woman making miniature flower pots from egg shells and match sticks. We see the woman plant small daffodils into the shells and water them with a tiny watering can. Narrator comments: “filling shells with simple flowers while the rest of the world is filling them with high explosives!“ 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 from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website.