Woolwich Beats School Milk Ban (1970-1975)

Unissued / Unused material - Woolwich, London. MS of news reporter drinking small (school sized bottle of milk). He is talking about how local authorities are trying to get around Government ban on serving milk to children. Councillors are filmed drinking milk for newspaper photographers. Good MS and CU as children file out into playground to receive their milk. CU interviews with parents about how important it is for their children to get milk. CU interview with children on views on school milk. (16 mm EKTA. track in UN 4561 I) N.B. I think this is part of the fight by local authorities against ’Maggie Thatcher the milk snatcher’. - 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 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 on the British Pathé website.