Scrap Metal Salvage ’down Under’ (1940)

Full title reads: “Scrap Metal Salvage ’Down Under’ - Reported by our Australian Commentator“. Sydney, Australia. GV & MS of large number of small boys making their way along street all pulling carts on which they collect scrap metal. MS of a black boy in the midst of the Aussies - Voiceover comments ’There’s a black look for Hitler“. VS of machines at work at a plant breaking up large items of scrap metal into smaller pieces. GV Sydney harbour bridge. (Suggestion that the workers are so eager for scrap that they are tempted by the Bridge) VS of small compressed block of scrap metal being loaded onto truck. MS of two bren gun carriers racing over rough ground. Cataloguers Note: Not sure what to make of the racist comment in the voiceover - MD. 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