Wooden Shoes Issue Title Is Time Will Tell (1943)

Part of issue TIME WILL TELL. Location of events unknown. Various shots of woman in shoe shop opening box and taking out new type of wooden soled shoes. She puts the shoes on. They are made a bit like old fashioned clogs, they look a bit frumpy! Various shots of woman walking along pavements and going up steps. Narrator refers to them as “emergency footwear“. Although this is not made clear in commentary, the wooden shoes are probably due to leather rationing. 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 (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content fr