Wilfred Pickles Appeal (1950)

Shot in a studio, probably, London. Wilfred Pickles Appeal. M/Ss of Wilfred Pickles sitting in front of BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) microphone. He talks to the public about the food parcels that they have been receiving since 1940 from America and the Commonwealth. Library footage of elderly women queuing and being given food parcels. Pickles says that you can pay their generosity back by donating money to the a new home for overseas students. 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 en