Pre-Blitz Precautions (1943)

Title reads: “M of I Government Official“. Ministry of Information trailer about pre-Blitz precautions. A ventriloquist and his dummy talk about precautions people should take against incendiary bombs - including buckets of water in the hall and a bath full of water for the stirrup pump. The ventriloquist then demonstrates how to use a stirrup pump, predictably he ends up squirting water in his own face! End title: “Be Prepared“. Ventriloquist is Peter Brough and dummy is known as “Archie Andrews“. NB: item is originally from Gazette issue 43/24. 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), Br