Petrol Rationing (1947)

Unissued / Unused material. Basic (British Automobile Staying in Commission) Petrol rally. Hyde Park, London. C/U the Chairman of the rally introducing Sir Miles Thomas, Chairman of the Nuffield Organisation (natural sound). Various shots Thomas addressing the crowd about abolition of basic petrol rations (natural sound). Cataloguer’s note: cuts for story ’Motorists Protest in Hyde Park’ in 47/86 on *PM1195*. 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 o
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