Extinguished Discarded Cigarettes Aka Henry And The Matches (1943)

Title reads: M of I Government Official. Ministry of Information public safety trailer asking people to extinguish discarded cigarettes Henry and the Matches. A man Henry Grimes is working in an aircraft factory. As he works he smokes a cigarette, when he finishes he throws the butt out of the window. The smouldering butt gets blown along the ground and into a warehouse storing plywood for aeroplane wings. The butt starts a fire in the warehouse. Fire brigade tackles blaze, Henry smokes another cigarette as he watches. CU man stamping out smouldering cigarette butt with his shoe. Commentary is in rhyming couplets. FILM 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