| SAVE RUBBER CAMPAIGN Item asking Americans not to wear out their car tyres as rubber is needed for building planes. | ||
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| Catalog #: | 262120 | |
| Clip Number: | 262120-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 41/64 | |
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| Location: | England | |
| Year Shot: | 1941 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | INDUSTRY: Rubber LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England WORLD WAR TWO, HOMEFRONT: Rationing & Shortages | |
| Description: | "Save Rubber Campaign". United States. Various shots of car pulling up sharply and making black rubber skid marks on ground. Narrator explains this is bad as rubber in limited supply and skidding wears the treads and shortens the life of the tire. More shots of things that waste rubber - under inflating tires, riding onto curbs and on rough ground. Various C/Us of worn and torn tires. Various shots of industrial process of making large tires for Flying Fortresses airplanes. (Dublin reel). | |
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