Courtesy of Imperial War Museum

This film explains how to build an emergency cooking stove that can be used to feed as many as 100 people who have been bombed out of their homes or experienced a power cut.

The film is typical of many Ministry of Information 'instructionals' which should be commended for explaining in a simple and clear fashion how to tackle one of the myriad of new procedures and situations created by the war.

However, its rather dry and school-masterly approach (such as advising people to queue up and wash their own crockery) is another characteristic of much official propaganda.

IWM Film and Video Archive Loans Catalogue (2000)

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