MANPOWER [Main Title]

A film to illustrate the themes "the nation that wins a war is the one that plans best its use of manpower" and "our man power means every single one of us".

Incorporates a variety of stock shots (including some film of the Bayeux Tapestry, and WW1 recruiting scenes in a 'historical' note) and some illustration, eg of the concept that 7 home workers are needed to keep 1 man at war, but the basic technique is camera-to-actor 'conversation' with a harassed hardware shop owner losing all his staff, except an eager delivery boy who is too young to volunteer, to various jobs. Commentary explains, in abstract terms, the value of seemingly trivial jobs, the need for women-labourers to free men for the war, and the reason why some men are not called to fight; through planning, Britain achieves "highest output per head of any nation in the world."

35mm