The Man Of The Week (1947)

Full title reads: “The Man Of The Week“. London. Ex Servicemen greengrocers, Ex Captain Jenkins and Ex Sergeant Cooper are out to smash the racket of wholesalers imposing a condition of sale upon vegetables. CU a pile of potatoes with a chalked notice in front of them saying ’Potatoes as many as you can buy’. MS good shots of men serving vegetables to women from their stall. MS Smiling housewives queuing at the stall. (Good British Working class women types). CU Cooper serving potatoes. MS the two men being interviewed by Pathe’s John Parsons. (Nat sound). 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
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