The Nation Fights Inflation AKA Britain Fights Inflation (1948)

London Built-up story based in Hornsey, London, on the decision to peg wages and the problems faced by the housewife to show how the nation fights inflation. CU A shopping list with woman running a pencil through the last item - a hat. CU Head shot of the housewife shaking her head. MS Dress-shop window. Various shots of a shoe-shop window (plug for ’Gold Cross’), a brogue shoe priced at 59/-d. CU Pile of blankets in a window with a ticket ’No coupons or dockets required’. Various shots of a furniture shop window, with a settee priced at £, an easy chair priced at £ - tea trolley at £. MS Dress-shop window. CU Sir William Rootes (car industrialist). Speaking to camera he announces he is leaving on the Queen Elizabeth for the Americas today, with a view to furthering the British export drive. He says that the United Kingdom car industry can contribute to the country’s economic recovery. (Nat. sound. 3 takes). MS Sir William chatting to an