| ONE DAY (aka BUSY DAY) Film about the importance of not wasting time. | ||
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| Tape Master: | 7044 | |
| Catalog #: | 510093 | |
| Clip Number: | 510093-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | NSP 246 | |
| Timecode: | 01:12:40 - 01:14:36 | |
| Location: | England | |
| Year Shot: | 1940 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | CLOCKS: Time LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England WORLD WAR TWO, HOMEFRONT: War Work | |
| Description: | ONE DAY (aka BUSY DAY) Film about the importance of not wasting time. It is based on how much time is lost when everyone has to abandon their work for the air raid shelter. The commentator with the aid of diagrams helps to explain it is important not to waste time. M/S of Hitler performing speech (note: mute). L/S's of people walking along busy London street and steps tot he subway. Good L/S of St Paul's Cathedral. The commentator does some calculations and works out how many years would be lost if Hitler managed stop people working in Britain for two hours everyday. Several shots of ships and submarines being launched with the amount of tons of shipping that can be produced in two hours. L/S of a woman yawning and stretching as she wakes up in the morning. The commentator says that "if you must waste three valuable seconds by yawning then make up for it by quick changing." L/S's of a woman walking behind a post and coming out the other side fully ready for work. The commentator points out that this is trick photography. L/S of the woman demonstrating this a few more times. Several diagrammatical shots of how many times a woman's heart beats over 24 hours and that her blood travels further than the moon. Speeded up footage of a young woman getting dressed very quickly. The commentator says from now on Miss Prim Body were going to get a move on." | |
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