Potato Turn Up - Scottish Children Dig Potatoes (1945)

Title - ’Government Official M of I’. Ministry of Information public information trailer - Scottish children dig potatoes. MS woman having conversation with shopkeeper about lack of potatoes. MS her son saying he helped with the potato harvest last year but there weren’t enough people. Various shots showing children picking potatoes and playing games in the evening. CU as the boy appeals for help. MS as potatoes are poured out of sack into mother’s basket. Title - ’To prevent a potato shortage in Scotland next year the help of 61,000 children is urgently needed. Teachers have full particulars’. Cataloguer’s note: item was originally part of Gazette issue 45/56. 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 incl