How people stayed healthy during wartime food rationing

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How people stayed healthy during wartime food rationing

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(26 Aug 2009) SHOTLIST
US, December 1942 - The Universal Archives
1. UPSOUND: (English), contemporaneous voiceover over black and white archive of shopping before US rationing
"I also wouldn't have believed it if you'd said you couldn't go to Louis the grocer and buy all the tomato and pea soup you wanted, like for instance, this doll (woman) is doing in the good old days before the war on which you gents is an expert. A lot of you also had to have the mizuma (colloquial for money) to pay for that hard tack, but that's not the problem now. You can have a zillion bucks...
2. UPSOUND: (English), contemporaneous voiceover over black and white archive footage after rationing
"...but the way it is now you got to be a certified public accountant to buy a can of pork and beans, this improvement is what is know as rationing which I will now explain to you. First you got to add up what you got like these ladies are doing, then if what you got isn't enough you start to make a list of what it takes to feed the relatives, the kids (children) and maybe a couple of old cousins thrown in. After you do this you go and stand in line to get a book without which the grocer will positively give you a fish eye (frown). But here comes the real 'pen and ink' (colloquial for stink/problem), trying to juggle the figures so everything comes out, this makes filling out income taxes strictly for amateurs. And there are lots of people who now wish they weren't playing hooky (truant) when the teacher wasn't giving out addition and subtraction. Of course if you don't figure right you have nothing to chew on except for fresh vegetables which is hay for citizens who chew their cuds, or maybe rabbits!"
3. Close up of propaganda poster equating "fatso" (greedy people) with Hitler (called Ratso after rodent) and Japanese Emperor
4. UPSOUND: (english), contemporaneous voiceover over black and white archive footage of New York black out
"We got ourselves a dim out, (light ban) on account of the way the ships stand out against our lights so come six o'clock Fifth Avenue looks like it was in Hackensack (a city in New Jersey)and I wouldn't have believed it."
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5. Black and white still of woman picking fruit
6. Black and white still of field being ploughed by 'land army' women and horses
7. Black and white still of Britain's 'land army' girls transporting harvested hay
8. Black and white still of women sheltering in an underground station (subway) during bombing
9. Black and white still of homeless women and children helped by air-raid warden after bombing
10. Black and white still of children waiting to be evacuated
11. Black and white still bombed out homeless sleeping in hammocks
12. Black and white still of central London being bombed
13. Black and white wide still of nurses in collapsing hospital during bombing
14. Black and white still of wide of St Paul's cathedral being bombed in City of London
15. Black and white still of mid shot of St Paul's cathedral being bombed in City of London
16. Black and white still of wide of women queuing at shop selling horse meat
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17. Various of Marguerite Patten entering and walking in reconstructed 1940s house in Imperial War Museum
18. Close up of raw meat and vegetables on table
19. Various of foods available on and off ration in World War 2
20. SOUNDBITE: (English), Marguerite Patten, advisor to the British Ministry of Food during World War 2
21. Close up of plate showing pigs liver, herring and sausages
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@greggi47 2 жыл бұрын

Americans faced shortages and complained about rationing. But the Brits had more stringent limits for far longer. They were also under threat of invasion, being bombed, losing valuable cargoes at sea. Have you seen the series Wartime Farm? It's entertaining and informative, presents the difficulties of carrying on agricultural production in Britain under very hard circumstances.

@KitKatToeBeans 4 жыл бұрын

She’s spot on with how much we waste these days. But it’s not just consumers who waste, or buy things they don’t need. It’s the grocery stores who are the worst sinners when it comes to excess, waste and disposal. It’s sad considering how many people still live in poverty and don’t have enough to eat...yet canned foods get thrown away because of fraudulent expiration dates and animals are killed for meat that ends up in the dumpsters. Our world as a whole could learn so much from history, if it cared to, and end this waste. Sadly history only repeats.

@elizabethshaw734 4 жыл бұрын

I lived in the UK for more than 10 years and I really really wish that Heinz would bring their soups and frozen foods and other canned foods here! They are an American company after all but the choice, variety and deliciousness of what they sell in the UK cannot be beaten.

@cindylawrence1515 4 жыл бұрын

While you're watching this, anyone remember how huge the black market was and who got what depending on who you knew...our family owned two buildings near the old washington produce market in Manhattan NYC and they were constantly being "offered" every rationed product on earth. Later after the war several Navy and merchant marine vets related how Germany carried out trade with several major U.S. corporations all during the war. Declassifed documents made available in th 90's now show these reports were true.

@naguerea 4 жыл бұрын

We would secretly kill a pig and hang it up in the spare bedroom, bacon a go go

@blackcitroenlove 8 жыл бұрын

This is the most New York thing I've seen to date lol---even with "on line" instead of "in line."

@deborahdean8867 2 жыл бұрын

'On tomorrow' rather than just 'tomorrow'

@kerkie 8 жыл бұрын

The narrator made me laugh.

@LupusAries 6 жыл бұрын

The Sarcasm is strong with that one.....;) :P

@stevev3664 4 жыл бұрын

Randy Bingham Probably from New Joysey.

@stringstorm 4 жыл бұрын

"foist" dunno why but that gave me quite the giggle

@qwertasdcfghjklmo24z 8 жыл бұрын

I love the accent.

@ganjalfthegreen5312 3 жыл бұрын

classic New Yorkers

@ringpop6177 4 жыл бұрын

Who’s the Gangsta narrator?

@gardentreasures7319 4 жыл бұрын

Margueritte Patten, wrote cookbooks during WWII, quite famous.

@ConstantCompanion 5 жыл бұрын

I know that voice. That's Sheldon Leonard from Guys and Dolls.

@inkey2 4 жыл бұрын

Opinion: PEOPLE coming out of the 1918 Flu Pandemic & The Great Depression were already "naturally selected" to be survivors. They were the ones who lived through it all. By the time WW2 came along only the strongest remained and thus were able to survive mentally and physically on the home fronts. I have great doubts if the current crop of people could make it through some similar war, worldwide disaster, etc. Some people could.......but the most would just die off or there would be mass riots, violence and thievery.

@GeckoHiker 4 жыл бұрын

The people alive today are descendants of survivors. I believe the majority of people will figure it out and adopt frugal food preparation standards in their homes. The sad part will be when the majority of people go back to their spendthrift profligate ways once this crisis appears to be over. Why bother to turn chicken bones into broth when it's easier to open a bag of potato chips or scarf down a Snickers bar for a quick hunger pain fix. In my household, we are well-prepared because we are thrifty and cook everything from scratch.

@missme1794 4 жыл бұрын

Today, you've been proven correct. We've had protests and riots. From people refusing to believe we have a global pandemic. So sad.

@inkey2 4 жыл бұрын

@@missme1794 One of the few times in my life I am not glad I am correct. I take no joy or pride in this. My parents made it through the 1918 flu, Great depression, WW2. My dad barely made it home alive from the war making him a disabled vet his entire life. My mom was one of 14 children in the Great Depression. They were products of Natural Selection and lived a very long life. I believe we have entered an abrupt change in the future of The United States. We are at the cross roads "right now".....

@missme1794 4 жыл бұрын

@@inkey2 not just the states, I'm in the UK. It's awful. Indeed, I believe these to be the labour pains of the passing of greed. I enjoyed this series. We come from good strong stock of fortitude. Best wishes.

@njhawksworth1588 3 жыл бұрын

I don't think the majority of people today are capable of survival in difficult circumstances. Some actually think having to wear a mask when you go out is difficult! There is a tremendous over reliance on fast food and processed foods, which is so unhealthy. Most people today are overweight and unfit, and would struggle to walk a mile, let alone work a garden or farm large enough to feed them.

@joekurtz8303 3 жыл бұрын

My grandfather was a butcher by trade & during the war , played by the rules but was never short for meat 🥩on the table, gramma made do conservably🇺🇸

@deepowell1167 7 жыл бұрын

I would love to get the book they showed. Feed the nation. How do I find it?

@samanthagiggles3215 6 жыл бұрын

Amazon

@thegmanviews11 5 жыл бұрын

Dee Powell it’s available online. There are more by the same author - greats books. I have them.

@MrBurtur 6 жыл бұрын

The yankees think hunger is about eating canned food

@inkey2 4 жыл бұрын

My mother lived through the great depression. The canned food part was city people. Much of the USA was rural at that time. My mother told me they had to eat squirrels, possum, raccoon....basically any animal they could shoot, chop up and cook. My mom was one of 13 children.

@gregoriamarinofigueroa6603 2 жыл бұрын

Was the ration book like food stamps

@kathysharpe7339 4 жыл бұрын

A quiet think. Such a beautiful lady.

@susandaniels9733 4 жыл бұрын

How did they stay healthy during the depression.

@inkey2 4 жыл бұрын

@Mark Zoobkoff my dad lived through the great depression........his favorite saying was " I would eat $hit if it was on a clean plate".

@JoMarieM 4 жыл бұрын

A lot of people had their own gardens back then. . .and actually knew how to grow stuff!

@inkey2 4 жыл бұрын

Actually Susan many were not healthy. Proof of this when the USA was drafting men for military service (for WW2) I read that many men were so sick, malnourished, falling out teeth, tuberculosis etc that they were denied entry into our armed forces. It was a substantial number given so many were in terrible shape from the long years of The Great Depression. My late mother lived through it. She died a few years ago at 95 years old. She had some very sad stories of that era.

@deborahdean8867 2 жыл бұрын

They didn't unless they had their own garden and were self sustaining.

@ciroalb3 6 жыл бұрын

I think the broader public must have been revolted by that NY accent that was used all the time on radio to represent the common man

@tolfan4438 4 жыл бұрын

@Randy Bingham back in those days it was every country boy's dream to go to the big city.

@greggi47 2 жыл бұрын

@@tolfan4438 But it can't have been their desire to sound like that guy.

@pattycake8272 3 жыл бұрын

I dont know what herring tastes like but I'm going to find out. If that lady says it's healthy I will try it. Would love to get her life style down in my book.

@Dewkeeper 3 жыл бұрын

Try soused herring like the Dutch make. It's delicious.

@pattycake8272 3 жыл бұрын

@@Dewkeeper I found some pickled herring but went with the smoked in a can, have not tried it yet.

@Dewkeeper 3 жыл бұрын

@@pattycake8272 do share your opinion when you try it!

@pattycake8272 3 жыл бұрын

@@Dewkeeper I will.

@j.t.waterman737 4 жыл бұрын

most of your video don't have sound..

@TaxEvasionUS 3 жыл бұрын

Lots of films don't have sound during this time period although it was staring to get more common

@j.t.waterman737 3 жыл бұрын

@@TaxEvasionUS I know most of the flims back then didn't have sound. They also had things wrote on cards that told what people said back then. Look at all the silent movies from back then.

@SevenEllen 5 жыл бұрын

I feel like I'm watching a very old Bugs Bunny cartoon. :D

@brent440 4 жыл бұрын

easy to see how the old lady stayed healthy during the war and beyond, she still has rationed canned items hoarded to this very day ha ha lol just kidding

@mrs8792 6 жыл бұрын

One thing that bothered me about the video, is that the women was buying canned food. Didn’t women know how to can their own food??? I still garden and pressure can my own food.

@aaarrrggghhhh 5 жыл бұрын

They didn't have much food to preserve in the first place. That's why there was rationing...…………..

@Olivia-W 4 жыл бұрын

We have entire shelves full of self-made canned food.

@inkey2 4 жыл бұрын

These are hard core city people living in apartments......but In rural parts of the USA canning was quite common.