Item title reads - Food. Operation 'Larder'. ( Operation Larder ) Sir Ben Smith. Food Minister, seated at desk speaks of the food crisis. M/S showing a family seated at breakfast table, we hear the housewife's voice complaining about the lack of food and things she has to serve. M/S's as plates of bread and dried egg are served to the children at table. The woman pours cup of tea whilst husband reads paper. C/U small boy eating. Various shots as they eat. She cuts loaf of bread. C/U hands buttering slice of bread. Various shots women queuing at English shops. C/U feet of people queuing. Interior shot woman buying fat in butcher's shop. C/U of British ration book with points being marked off. M/S's woman looking into shop window. C/U of the people with empty shopping baskets. Various shots of queues outside Lyons Restaurant in Oxford Street, London. C/U woman looking into shop window full of tinned food. Various shots threshing machine at work in cornfield, we hear Ben Smith talking about shortage of
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