Rationing: Britain Can Take It !
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Rationing lasted nearly ten years after the end of WW11.Every person who lived in Britain from 1940 until 1954 was affected.By way of DVD,see and hear the way men, women and children coped with life in the post-war period,during a time when they had expected to live like victors.On CD enjoy sixteen of the most cherished tracks of the time:a time when music was based on melody and performed with meaning.An illustrated booklet places the events revealed by the Newsreel and heard on the CD in context,to create a Yesteryear Scrapbook.
CD Running Time:44.17
1.Ration Blues by Louis Jordan
2.Blue Suede Shoes by Carl Perkins
3.Hey,Good Lookin’ by Jo Stafford
4.Shortnin’ Bread by Fats Waller
5.Candy and Cake by Arthur Godfrey
6.Best Things In Life Are Free by ‘Hutch’ Hutchinson
7.If I Had A Penny by Rosemary Clooney
8.A Penny A Kiss by The Andrews Sisters
9.Yes.We Have No Bananas by Louis Prima
10.When Can I Have A Banana Again by Harry Roy
11.You Can’t Get That No More by Louis Jordan
12.There Won’t Be A Shortage Of Love by Peggy Lee
13.Fish Seller by Humphrey Lyttelton
14.Pickin’ A Chicken by Eve Boswell
15.I’ve Got A Lovely Bunch Of Coconuts by Billy
Cotton & His Band
16.Rags To Riches by Tony Bennett
DVD Running Time:20.00
1.Civil Defence Equipment Sell-Off (1945)
2.Food Minister Sir Ben Smith Explains (1946)
3.Women Protest At Bread Rationing (1946)
4.Eire’s Abundance Of Food (1946)
5.Britain’s Breadline (1946)
6.Is Britain Starving? (1947)
7.Banana Swapped For Toy Soldiers ( 1947 )
8.Protest At Withdrawal Of Petrol Ration ( 1947 )
9.Motoring Back On Ration ( 1948 )
10.Harold Wilson Speaks On Clothing ( 1948 )
11.Mrs Richardson’s Anger At Controls (1948 )
12.Britain Lights Up (1949 )
13.Mr And Mrs O’Hare And Their 16 Children (1950 )
14.Lights Out In London (1951 )
15.Meat Ration – Housewives Complain (1951 )
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