Nation Backs Inflation Fight (1948)

Full title reads: “NATION BACKS INFLATION FIGHT“. London. Long shot of Transport House, . headquarters, London. Close up shot of name plate of Transport House. . members coming down stairs. . General Council sit at table. Close up shot of Miss Florence Hancock, Chairman of the ., speaking (natural sound). She supports the government plan to freeze wages. Sequence from steel industry, men working in factory (library footage). Textile sequence women working in factory (library footage). Coal sequence, miners at work inside pit (library footage). Close up shot of Sir William Rootes, car industrialist, speaking (natural sound). Housewife in queue at greengrocers with cauliflower at 10d each. Housewife, Mrs Mary Cannon of Hornsey, being served. Back view of Mrs Cannon with baby, stopping at shop. Close up shot of points goods - veal loaf, meat lunch, dried eggs. Close up shot of a hand putting rations on table. Close up shot of the feet walking. Close up shot of a sign ’Info
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