July 21st (1946)

Item title reads July 21st. Location of events unknown, probably London. Mrs Hilda Davis speaks out about bread rationing, ladies sign her petition for no more ration cuts. M, S of Food Minister John Strachey at the airport on his return from America, he says the prospects are better than they were 2 or 3 weeks ago. Housewives walk in to hear Mrs Lovelock of the British Housewives League making a speech against bread cuts, saying it forms part of the staple diet for many people. A lady who works in bread control at the civil service looks at a ration book. C, U of the bread ration book. M, S of a loaf of bread. 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 agencies Gaumon