Making Biscuits Aka Africa Takes The Biscuit Issue Title - “Put And Take“ (1941)

Africa takes the biscuit. Baking biscuits for the army. South Africa. Various shots as chefs tips large amounts of biscuit ingredients into a big mixer, M/S of rotors going around. M/S as strips of dough are rolled out and stamped into biscuit shape. M/S as they are put into big ovens to cook. M/S of lots of biscuits in a pile, more are added. C/U of hands collecting and packing them. FILM ID: 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 Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website
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