1942 sugar hoarding in the US and 1943 food shortages due to World War II

1942, New York City: sugar cubes in bowl / montage large pile of sugar cubes and smaller pile to contrast amounts rationed / rear shot Madeleine Miller stores packages of sugar in kitchen cabinet / rear shot Mrs. Robert Donahue stores boxes of sugar in bottom cabinet of radio / Mrs. K. Miller sits at corner table in restaurant, looks around surreptitiously, pours sugar from bowl into her purse, and switches the empty bowl with the bowl on another table / 1943: sign in butcher shop window "sold out" / sign tacked to post in store "no butter today" / butcher places "sold out" sign in meat display case / from Greatest Headlines of the Century series
1942, New York City: sugar cubes in bowl / montage large pile of sugar cubes and smaller pile to contrast amounts rationed / rear shot Madeleine Miller stores packages of sugar in kitchen cabinet / rear shot Mrs. Robert Donahue stores boxes of sugar in bottom cabinet of radio / Mrs. K. Miller sits at corner table in restaurant, looks around surreptitiously, pours sugar from bowl into her purse, and switches the empty bowl with the bowl on another table / 1943: sign in butcher shop window "sold out" / sign tacked to post in store "no butter today" / butcher places "sold out" sign in meat display case / from Greatest Headlines of the Century series
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Editorial #:
502274592
Collection:
Sherman Grinberg Library
Date created:
01 January, 1942
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Licence type:
Rights-ready
Release info:
Not released. More information
Clip length:
00:00:31:00
Location:
New York City, New York, United States
Mastered to:
QuickTime 8-bit Photo-JPEG SD 720x576 25p
Originally shot on:
35mm B/W Neg
Source:
Sherman Grinberg Library
Object name:
ghoc_y-07_04.mov