Government acts to end illegal production of black market cosmetics (1941)

BRITISH PARAMOUNT NEWSREEL (REUTERS) To license this film, visit A look at the health dangers of black market cosmetics. Full Description: General views London Chamber of Commerce building / Board of Trade meeting at table/ Captain Charles Waterhouse MC MP (Conservative) at table / Waterhouse addressing meeting SOT - Says that he hopes that with the co-operation of the cosmetic manufacturers and the common sense of the women of this country that the Black Market on cosmetics will be stamped out SLATE INFORMATION: ’Good scenes’ General views ’Yardley’ cosmetics factory / ’Evan Williams Shampoos’ factory / ’Coty’ factory exterior / General views ’Max Factor’ factory exteriors / GV “Ponds“ factory Black market cosmetics lined up on shelf inside shop / Black marketeer picking up bottles from dirt heap and working to mix illegal cosmetics in shed National Temperance Hospital / Magnified image of bacteria in black market cosmetic