Keep Your Talks Short (1943)

Title reads: “M of I - Government Officials“. Ministry of Information trailer asking public to minimise telephone use. Various shots of armament factory. CU manager on telephone. CU operator - she tells the manager all the lines are busy. Manager looks angry, he tells her it is important war work. Shots of telegraph wires. Split screen effect showing various men and women on the telephone - they are all having frivolous conversations or gossipy chats. CU manager on the telephone - he slams the telephone down after being told that he has to wait another 20 minutes. End title: “Telephone line time is precious - keep your talks short“. NB: item originally part of Gazette issue 43/38. 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 hist