Britain Beats the Clock (value of fifteen minutes) 1943

Reference	INF 6/602
Title	Britain Beats the Clock (value of fifteen minutes) 1943
Date	1943 - 1950
Former Department Reference	Folder No. MI 368
Government Department	Ministry of Information
Themes	Information Services and Propaganda, Industry and Infrastructure, Rationing and Supply
Subthemes	Publicity campaigns and initiatives, Manufacturing and materials, Labour supply and relations, Agriculture and food supply
Document Types	Film and Broadcast Transcripts, Miscellaneous
Locations	Dunkirk, London, Soviet Union
Organisations	British Army, Royal Air Force, Royal Navy

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A file relating to the production of the wartime documentary film Britain Beats the Clock, released in 1943 by the Ministry of Information. The film addresses the scale and rate of British industrial, agricultural, and munitions output. The file contains a shooting script; and documents relating to the film's licensing and distribution.

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agriculture, aircraft, anti-aircraft defences, cattle, children, clothing, coal, dairy, dockyards, Dunkirk evacuation, factories, film, finance, food supplies, freight shipping, imports, industrial production, industrial workers, industry, labour supply, land usage, livestock, milk, mining, munitions, munitions industry, overseas trade, propaganda, reserve stocks, tanks, uniforms, warships, Winston Churchill, working hours

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